The optimization study of textured a-Si:H solar cells

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Chun Yao ^a   Yeh, Chun Ming ^b   Liu, Yung Tsung ^b   Fan, Chia Ming ^b   Huang, Chien Fu ^b   Wu, Yuh Renn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TEXTURES;

ABSORBER THICKNESS; ELECTRONIC SIMULATION; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; NON-RADIATIVE LOSS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; RANDOMLY ROUGH SURFACES; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 84901020754     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4870993     Document Type: Article

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