A diagnostic tool for analyzing the current-voltage characteristics in a-Si/c-Si heterojunction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 652-657

  Chavali, Raghu V K ^a   Wilcox, John R ^a   Ray, Biswajit ^a   Gray, Jeffery L ^a   Alam, Muhammad A ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous semiconductors; Current voltage characteristics; Heterojunctions; Process control; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

A-SI/C-SI HETEROJUNCTIONS; CELL PERFORMANCE; DARK CURRENT-VOLTAGE; DARK I-V CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DEVICE PARAMETERS; SOLAR CELL DESIGN; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84896472008     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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