P-type microcrystalline silicon oxide emitter for silicon heterojunction solar cells allowing current densities above 40 mA/cm2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mazzarella, L ^a   Kirner, S ^a   Stannowski, B ^a   Korte, L ^a   Rech, B ^a   Schlatmann, R ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANTIREFLECTIVE EFFECT; EMITTER LAYERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL SIMULATION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFLECTION LOSS; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

SILICON OXIDES;

EID: 84923886496     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4905906     Document Type: Article

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