Observation of the photovoltaics effect from the solar cells using silicon quantum dots superlattice as a light absorption layer

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kurokawa, Yasuyoshi ^a   Tomita, Shigeki ^a   Miyajima, Shinsuke ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON RICH; THERMAL-ANNEALING; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYDROGENATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTILAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 84879716377     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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