CuOx/a-Si:H heterojunction thin-film solar cell with an n-type μc-Si:H depletion-assisting layer

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1642-1648

  Lee, Seong Hyun ^a,b   Shin, Myunhun ^c   Yun, Sun Jin ^a,b   Lim, Jung Wook ^a,b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

buffer layer; cuprous oxide; heterojunction solar cell; Si thin film; solar cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BUFFER LAYERS; COPPER OXIDES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGENATION; MAGNETRONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MICROCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; CUPROUS OXIDE; ENERGY-BAND DIAGRAM; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SI; N-TYPE CONDUCTION; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON REACTIVE SPUTTERING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84944167931     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2603     Document Type: Article

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