Intrinsic and Doped a-Si:H/c-Si Interface Passivation

Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-259

  De Wolf, Stefaan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amorphous Silicon; Crystalline Silicon; Defect Formation; Epitaxial Growth; Solar Cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGENATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE STATES;

A-SI:H; CRYSTALLINE SILICON HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SURFACES; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DEFECTS FORMATION; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; INTERFACE PASSIVATION; PERFORMANCE; SILICON INTERFACE; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 85126659048     PISSN: 16121317     EISSN: 18681212     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22275-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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