Molybdenum oxide MoOx: A versatile hole contact for silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  Bullock, James ^a   Cuevas, Andres ^a   Allen, Thomas ^a   Battaglia, Corsin ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

CONTACT RECOMBINATIONS; CONTACT RESISTIVITIES; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; N TYPE SILICON; OPTIMUM VALUE; P-TYPE WAFER;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84915763248     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4903467     Document Type: Article

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