Optimized amorphous silicon oxide buffer layers for silicon heterojunction solar cells with microcrystalline silicon oxide contact layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Kaining ^a   Aeberhard, Urs ^a   Finger, Friedhelm ^a   Rau, Uwe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-AREA EFFICIENCY; DOPED MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW OXYGEN CONTENTS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SYSTEMATIC OPTIMIZATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BUFFER LAYERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84880687947     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4798603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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