Oxygen vacancies in tungsten oxide and their influence on tungsten oxide/silicon heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 158, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-83

  Mews, Mathias ^a   Korte, Lars ^a   Rech, Bernd ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells; High work function metal oxide hole contacts; Tungsten oxide hole collector; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STOICHIOMETRY; TIN OXIDES; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VACANCIES; WORK FUNCTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEPOSITION METHODS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH OXYGEN VACANCIES; HIGH-WORK-FUNCTION METAL; HOLE COLLECTOR; INTERFACE MODIFICATION; OXYGEN VACANCY CONCENTRATION; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84975138408     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.05.042     Document Type: Article

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