Role of a disperse carbon interlayer on the performances of tandem a-Si solar cells

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Araújo, Andreia ^a   Barros, Raquel ^a   Mateus, Tiago ^a   Gaspar, Diana ^a   Neves, Nuno ^b   Vicente, António ^a   Filonovich, Sergej A ^a   Barquinha, Pedro ^a   Fortunato, Elvira ^a   Ferraria, Ana M ^c   Botelho Do Rego, Ana M ^c   Bicho, Ana ^d   Águas, Hugo ^a   Martins, Rodrigo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^b INNOVNANO   (Portugal)

^c Centro de Quimica Fisica Molecular   (Portugal)

^d Solar Plus   (Portugal)

Author keywords

nanostructured powders; oxide interfaces and composition; silicon solar cells; transparent conducting oxides

Indexed keywords

A-SI SOLAR CELLS; ALUMINIUM-ZINC; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED POWDERS; OXIDE INTERFACES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

CARBON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884896949     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/14/4/045009     Document Type: Article

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