Thin film silicon solar cells grown near the edge of amorphous to microcrystalline transition

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-892

  Guha, Subhendu ^a  

^a UNITED SOLAR OVONIC LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLOW DISCHARGES; HYDROGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILANES; THIN FILMS;

CELL PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN DILUTION; MATERIAL RESEARCH; MICROCRYSTALLINE TRANSITION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 9944235497     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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