Light-induced degradation of adapted quadruple junction thin film silicon solar cells for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-147

  Urbain, Félix ^a   Smirnov, Vladimir ^a   Becker, Jan Philipp ^a   Lambertz, Andreas ^a   Rau, Uwe ^a   Finger, Friedhelm ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoelectrochemistry; Quadruple junction solar cells; Silicon; Solar cells; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; FABRICATION PROCESS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WATER SPLITTING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949728299     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.07.033     Document Type: Article

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