• DocumentCode
    1056212
  • Title

    Amorphous silicon solar cells

  • Author

    Carlson, David E.

  • Author_Institution
    RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    4/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    449
  • Lastpage
    453
  • Abstract
    Amorphous silicon solar cells have been fabricated in several different structures: heterojunctions, p-i-n junctions, and Schottky barrier devices. The procedures used in constructing the various solar cells are discussed, and their photovoltaic properties are compared. At present, the highest conversion efficiency (5.5 percent) has been obtained with a Schottky barrier cell, and this structure appears to offer the best promise of approaching the estimated efficiency limit of ∼ 15 percent.
  • Keywords
    Amorphous silicon; Heterojunctions; Laboratories; Optical films; PIN photodiodes; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Schottky barriers; Solar power generation; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1977.18756
  • Filename
    1478948
    • Link To Document
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