Fabrication of si heterojunction solar cells using pdoped sinanocrystals embedded in SiNx films as emitters

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Ping Jung ^a   Wang, Yu Cian ^a   Chen, I Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emitter; Heterojunction solar cells; Si nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EMITTER; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SI NANOCRYSTAL; SILICON-RICH SILICON NITRIDES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887299749     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-457     Document Type: Article

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