Simulation of high efficiency silicon solar cells with a hetero-junction microcrystalline intrinsic thin layer

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-146

  Vishkasougheh, Mehdi Hamid ^a   Tunaboylu, Bahadir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hetero junction; Numerical simulation; Silicon solar cell; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; HIGH EFFICIENCY SILICON SOLAR CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; P-TYPE SUBSTRATES; SILICON MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SILICON TECHNOLOGIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SURFACE DEFECTS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878927342     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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