Improved conversion efficiencies of thin-film silicon tandem (MICROMORPH™) photovoltaic modules

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-95

  Cashmore, J S ^a   Apolloni, M ^a   Braga, A ^a   Caglar, O ^a   Cervetto, V ^a   Fenner, Y ^a   Goldbach Aschemann, S ^a   Goury, C ^a   Hotzel J E ^a   Iwahashi, T ^b   Kalas, J ^a   Kitamura, M ^b   Klindworth, M ^a   Kupich, M ^a   Leu, G F ^a   Lin, J ^b   Lindic, M H ^a   Losio, P A ^a,c   Mates, T ^a   Matsunaga, D ^b   Mereu, B ^a   Nguyen, X V ^a   Psimoulis, I ^a   Ristau, S ^a   Roschek, T ^a   Salabas, A ^a   Salabas, E L ^a   Sinicco, I ^a   more..

^a TEL Solar AG   (Switzerland)

^b TOKYO ELECTRON LTD   (Japan)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Conversion efficiency; Microcrystalline silicon; Micromorph; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

DEPOSITED MATERIALS; MICROMORPH; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; STABILIZED EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84941670555     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.08.022     Document Type: Article

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