Hole-blocking crystalline-silicon/titanium-oxide heterojunction with very low interface recombination velocity

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3292-3296

  Jhaveri, Janam ^a   Avasthi, Sushobhan ^a   Man, Gabriel ^a   McClain, William E ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Ken ^a   Kahn, Antoine ^a   Schwartz, Jeffrey ^a,b   Sturm, James C ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; TITANIUM;

ELECTRICAL QUALITY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN LAYERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84896444595     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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