Microcrystalline silicon-oxygen alloys for application in silicon solar cells and modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-143

  Lambertz, A ^a   Smirnov, V ^a   Merdzhanova, T ^a   Ding, K ^a   Haas, S ^a   Jost, G ^a   Schropp, R E I ^b,c,d   Finger, F ^a   Rau, U ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

c SiOx:H; Hetero junction cells; Intermediate reflector; Photon management; Solar modules; Tandem cells

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; JUNCTION CELLS; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; SOLAR MODULE; TANDEM CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; MATERIALS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON WAFERS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884906777     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.053     Document Type: Article

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