Influence of the transparent conductive oxide layer deposition step on electrical properties of silicon heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Favre, W ^a   Coignus, J ^a   Nguyen, N ^a   Lachaume, R ^a,b   Cabal, R ^a   Munoz D ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE-LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE LAYERS; INJECTION LEVELS; PASSIVATION PROPERTIES; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

DEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PASSIVATION; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84877738757     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804985     Document Type: Article

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