Contact Formation on a-Si:H/c-Si Heterostructure Solar Cells

Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 331-375

  Tucci, Mario ^a   Serenelli, Luca ^a   De Iuliis, Simona ^a   Izzi, Massimo ^a   de Cesare, Giampiero ^b   Caputo, Domenico ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base Contact; Contact Formation; Heterojunction Solar Cell; Rear Side; Solar Cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SCREEN PRINTING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

A-SI:H; BASE CONTACT; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CONTACT FORMATION; FILM CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HETEROSTRUCTURES SOLAR CELLS; REAR SIDE;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 85126684331     PISSN: 16121317     EISSN: 18681212     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22275-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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