Recent progress on microcrystalline solar cells
- 23 November 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 569-574
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.1997.654154
Abstract
The most important features of microcrystalline silicon (/spl mu/c-Si:H) and microcrystalline silicon based p-i-n solar cells (specially those deposited by VHF-glow discharge) are reviewed. Since such material has been recognized to be a photovoltaically active material, stabilized cell efficiencies have steadily risen and have now reached 12% in the so called "micromorph" (microcrystalline/amorphous) tandem cell configuration.Keywords
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