Analysis of a-Si:H/TCO contact resistance for the Si heterojunction back-contact solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 412-416

  Lee, Seung Yoon ^a,b   Choi, Hongsik ^b   Li, Hongmei ^a   Ji, Kwangsun ^a   Nam, Seunghoon ^b   Choi, Junghoon ^a   Ahn, Seh Won ^a   Lee, Heon Min ^a   Park, Byungwoo ^b  

^a LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amorphous Si; Contact resistance; Heterojunction back contact solar cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SI; BACK SURFACE FIELDS; EMPIRICAL DATA; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INTERFACE LAYER; MICROCRYSTALLINE SI; SERIES RESISTANCES; SI SOLAR CELLS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84888343517     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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