A high efficiency thin film silicon solar cell and module

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 939-949

  Yamamoto, Kenji ^a   Nakajima, Akihiko ^a   Yoshimi, Masashi ^a   Sawada, Toru ^a   Fukuda, Susumu ^a   Suezaki, Takashi ^a   Ichikawa, Mitsuru ^a   Koi, Yohei ^a   Goto, Masahiro ^a   Meguro, Tomomi ^a   Matsuda, Takahiro ^a   Kondo, Masataka ^a   Sasaki, Toshiaki ^a   Tawada, Yuko ^a  

^a KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Deposition; Light trapping; Microcrystalline silicon; Plasma chemical vapor; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS SILICON; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYSILICON; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; LIGHT TRAPPING; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 9944229557     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.08.028     Document Type: Article

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