Microcrystalline silicon solar cells with passivated interfaces for high open-circuit voltage

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 840-845

  Hänni, Simon ^a   Boccard, Mathieu ^a,b   Bugnon, Grégory ^a,c   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Schüttauf, Jan Willem ^a   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Meillaud, Fanny ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

interfaces; microcrystalline silicon; open circuit voltage; passivation; solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILICON; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORBER LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; HETERO INTERFACES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATING LAYER; SINGLE JUNCTION; STATE OF THE ART;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85027951556     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201431708     Document Type: Article

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