Stable low-recombination n-Si/TiO2 hole-blocking interface and its effect on silicon heterojunction photovoltaics

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1525-1528

  Jhaveri, Janam ^a   Avasthi, Sushobhan ^a   Nagamatsu, Ken ^a   Sturm, James C ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

heterojunction; photovoltaic cells; silicon; titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

AIR; CATHODES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DOUBLE HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84912076516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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