Reduction of interface traps at the amorphous-silicon/crystalline-silicon interface by hydrogen and nitrogen annealing

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue PC, 2013, Pages 236-240

  Alnuaimi, Aaesha ^a   Islam, Kazi ^a   Nayfeh, Ammar ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Annealing; Interface states; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

A-SI/C-SI INTERFACES; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GENERATION MECHANISM; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE TRAP DENSITY; POOLE-FRENKEL EFFECT; TRAP ASSISTED TUNNELING;

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; INTERFACE STATES; NITROGEN; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ANNEALING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROGEN; INTERFACE; NITROGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84887355829     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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