Towards high efficiency thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells: The roles of light trapping and non-radiative recombinations

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Bozzola, A ^a   Kowalczewski, P ^a   Andreani, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON WAFERS; TEXTURES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

DRIFTDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODELING; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; P-N JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES; SURFACE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; THIN FILM CRYSTALLINE SILICON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896748117     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867008     Document Type: Article

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