Simple silicon solar cells featuring an a-Si:H enhanced rear MIS contact

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-25

  Bullock, James ^a   Cuevas, Andres ^a   Samundsett, Christian ^a   Yan, Di ^a   McKeon, Josephine ^a   Wan, Yimao ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

MIS contacts; Passivated contacts; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; PASSIVATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES;

ALLOYING PROCESS; BORON DIFFUSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; INTERFACE PASSIVATION; LAYER THICKNESS; OPTIMAL ANTIREFLECTION; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924973405     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.02.030     Document Type: Article

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