Effect of Hydrogen Content in Intrinsic a-Si:H on Performances of Heterojunction Solar Cells by Yun-Shao Cho, Chia-Hsun Hsu, Shui-Yang Lien, Dong-Sing Wuu, In-Cha Hsieh

“…Influences of hydrogen content in intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon (i-a-Si:H) on performances of heterojunction (HJ) solar cells are investigated. …”
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Modeling Surface Recombination at the p-Type Si/SiO2Interface via Dangling Bond Amphoteric Centers by Moustafa Y. Ghannam, Husain A. Kamal

“…The proposed model is a surface adaptation of a model developed for bulk recombination in amorphous silicon based on Sah-Shockley statistics which is more appropriate for amphoteric center recombination than classical Shockley-Read-Hall statistics. …”
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Influence of Surface Morphology on the Effective Lifetime and Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell by Shui-Yang Lien, Yun-Shao Cho, Yan Shao, Chia-Hsun Hsu, Chia-Chi Tsou, Wei Yan, Pin Han, Dong-Sing Wuu

“…For a wafer with a smaller amount of turning points, hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) passivation quality can be comparable to ideal iodine-ethanol solution passivation. …”
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The Compromise Condition for High Performance of the Single Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells by Youngseok Lee, Vinh Ai Dao, Sangho Kim, Sunbo Kim, Hyeongsik Park, Jaehyun Cho, Shihyun Ahn, Junsin Yi

“…For optimum performance of the hydrogenated amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si : H/c-Si) heterojunction solar cells, featuring a doping concentration, localized states, as well as thickness of emitter layer are crucial, since Fermi level, surface passivated quality, and light absorption have to be compromised themselves. …”
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Electric and Magnetic Properties of Sputter Deposited BiFeO3 Films by N. Siadou, I. Panagiotopoulos, N. Kourkoumelis, T. Bakas, K. Brintakis, A. Lappas

“…Despite the deposition on amorphous silicon oxide substrate weak ferromagnetism phenomena and displaced loops have been observed at low temperatures showing that their origin is not strain. …”
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The Role of Silicon Heterojunction and TCO Barriers on the Operation of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Comparison between Theory and Experiment by Yaser Abdulraheem, Moustafa Ghannam, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Ivan Gordon

“…Photovoltaic devices based on amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si:H/c-Si) heterojunction interfaces hold the highest efficiency as of date in the class of silicon-based devices with efficiencies exceeding 26% and are regarded as a promising technology for large-scale terrestrial PV applications. …”
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Enhancing Light-Trapping Properties of Amorphous Si Thin-Film Solar Cells Containing High-Reflective Silver Conductors Fabricated Using a Nonvacuum Process by Jun-Chin Liu, Chen-Cheng Lin, Yu-Hung Chen, Chien-Liang Wu, Chia-Ming Fan, Yu-Ming Wang, Chung-Yuan Kung

“…We proposed a low-cost and highly reflective liquid organic sheet silver conductor using back contact reflectors in amorphous silicon (a-Si) single junction superstrate configuration thin-film solar cells produced using a nonvacuum screen printing process. …”
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SSNMR confirms silicate ion substitution in the apatitic structure of 0.8wt% Si hydroxyapatite by Marc-Krystelle Mafina, Rory M. Wilson, Gregory J. Rees, Peter Gierth, Alice C. Sullivan, Karin A. Hing

“…It has been hypothesized that silicon is present in the form of silicate groups site-specifically substituted in the hydroxyapatite lattice for phosphate groups, or that there may be an amorphous silicon-rich phase in the vicinity of the grain boundaries. …”
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Advantages of N-Type Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide Films for Micromorph Silicon Solar Cells by Amornrat Limmanee, Songkiate Kittisontirak, Sorapong Inthisang, Taweewat Krajangsang, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…We report on the development and application of n-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide films (n μc-SiO:H) in hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide/hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (a-SiO:H/μc-Si:H) micromorph solar cells. …”
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Design and validation of a-SiC/SiN hybrid photonic platform for integrated quantum photonics by Naresh Sharma, Zizheng Li, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Joey Vrugt, Stijn van der Waal, Luozhen Li, Roald van der Kolk, Philip J Poole, Dan Dalacu, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…On the other hand, silicon on insulator offers a high refractive index contrast for dense integration but has a high absorption coefficient at the emission wavelengths (800–970 nm) of state-of-the-art QDs. Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC) has emerged as an alternative with a high refractive index (higher than SiN), an extended transparency window compared to Silicon, and a thermo-optic coefficient three times higher than that of SiN, which is crucial for tuning photonic devices on a chip. …”
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