Amorphous silicon solar cell
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (11) , 671-673
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88617
Abstract
Thin film solar cells, ∼1 μm thick, have been fabricated from amorphous silicon deposited from a glow discharge in silane. The cells were made in a p‐i‐n structure by using doping gases in the discharge. The best power conversion efficiency to date is 2.4% in AM‐1 sunlight. The maximum efficiency of thin‐film amorphous silicon solar cells is estimated to be ∼14–15%.Keywords
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