Introduction – Physics and Technology of Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructure Silicon Solar Cells

Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  van Sark, Wilfried ^a   Korte, Lars ^b   Roca, Francesco ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Unità Tecnologie Portici   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystalline Silicon; Heterojunction Solar Cell; International Energy Agency; Solar Cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ENERGY OPTIONS; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR GENERATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 85020615437     PISSN: 16121317     EISSN: 18681212     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22275-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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