Application of SixNy:Hz (SiN) as index matching layer in a-Si:H thin film solar cells

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bhal Singh, Chandra ^a   Bhattacharya, Sekhar ^a   Singh, Vandana ^b   Balaji Bhargav, P ^a   Sarkar, Surajit ^b   Bhavanasi, Venkateswarlu ^c   Ahmad, Nafis ^a  

^a SSN Research Centre   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION LAYERS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX OF GLASS; SILICON CONCENTRATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETERS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE ELECTRODES;

GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROMETERS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

SILICON;

EID: 84879898618     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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