Effective passivation of silicon surface by AZO films: Application in bifacial solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-483

  Khan, Firoz ^a   Baek, Seong Ho ^a   Singh, S N ^b   Singh, P K ^b   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; Antireflection coatings; Passivating layers; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; BIFACIAL SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PASSIVATING LAYER; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

ALUMINUM; ANNEALING; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; HYDROGEN; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL FILMS; PASSIVATION; REFLECTION; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84884580615     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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