Metal/insulator/semiconductor carrier selective contacts for photovoltaic cells

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 285-289

  Islam, Raisul ^a   Saraswat, Krishna C ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier selective contacts; GaAs; Junction less solar cell; NiO; Silicon; TiO2; Tri terminal solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CURRENT MATCHING; GAAS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; MULTI MATERIALS; P-N JUNCTION; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; SUB-CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912083571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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