Raman Amplifier Based on Amorphous Silicon Nanoparticles by M. A. Ferrara, I. Rendina, S. N. Basu, L. Dal Negro, L. Sirleto

“…The observation of stimulated Raman scattering in amorphous silicon nanoparticles embedded in Si-rich nitride/silicon superlattice structures (SRN/Si-SLs) is reported. …”
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Experiment and Simulation Study on the Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Walls by Wenjie Zhang, Bin Hao, Nianping Li

“…Based on comparative study on two amorphous silicon photovoltaic walls (a-Si PV walls), the temperature distribution and the instant power were tested; and with EnergyPlus software, similar models of the walls were built to simulate annual power generation and air conditioning load. …”
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Numerical Design of Ultrathin Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Based Solar Cell by F. X. Abomo Abega, A. Teyou Ngoupo, J. M. B. Ndjaka

“…The aim of this work is to present how to simulate ultrathin hydrogenated amorphous silicon- (a-Si:H-) based solar cells with a ITO BRL in their architectures. …”
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Unravelling the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of hydrogenated amorphous silicon cells for photovoltaics by Soni Prayogi, Deril Ristiani, D. Darminto

“…Abstract This research reveals the application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in analyzing and improving the performance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) based photovoltaic cells. As a non-destructive technique, EIS provides deep insight into the electrochemical characteristics of photovoltaic cells, including series resistance, layer capacitance, recombination mechanisms, and charge transport. …”
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Heterogeneous integration of amorphous silicon carbide on thin film lithium niobate by Zizheng Li, Naresh Sharma, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Roald van der Kolk, Thomas Scholte, Hugo Voncken, Jasper van der Boom, Simon Gröblacher, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…Here, we show that amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC), deposited using inductively coupled plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition at low temperatures (<165 °C), can be conveniently integrated with LiNbO3 and processed to form high-performance photonics. …”
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Low Cost Amorphous Silicon Intrinsic Layer for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells by Ching-In Wu, Shoou-Jinn Chang, Kin-Tak Lam, Shuguang Li, Sheng-Po Chang

“…The authors propose a methodology to improve both the deposition rate and SiH4 consumption during the deposition of the amorphous silicon intrinsic layer of the a-Si/μc-Si tandem solar cells prepared on Gen 5 glass substrate. …”
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An Analytical Study on the Local Electronic Density of States of the Valence Bands in Amorphous Silicon Carbide by M. A. Grado-Caffaro, M. Grado-Caffaro

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Excellent Silicon Surface Passivation Achieved by Industrial Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposited Hydrogenated Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon Suboxide by Jia Ge, Muzhi Tang, Johnson Wong, Zhenhao Zhang, Torsten Dippell, Manfred Doerr, Oliver Hohn, Marco Huber, Peter Wohlfart, Armin G. Aberle, Thomas Mueller

“…The deposition of hydrogenated intrinsic amorphous silicon suboxide is accomplished by decomposing hydrogen, silane, and carbon dioxide in an industrial remote inductively coupled plasma platform. …”
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Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Films and Solar Cell Precursors Using the Aluminum-Induced Glass Texturing Method by Nasim Sahraei, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Premachandran Vayalakkara, Armin G. Aberle

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Modelling and performance analysis of amorphous silicon solar cell using wide band gap nc‐Si:H window layer by Haris Mehmood, Tauseef Tauqeer

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Wide-Gap p-μc-Si1-xOx:H Films and Their Application to Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells by Taweewat Krajangsang, Sorapong Inthisang, Aswin Hongsingthong, Amornrat Limmanee, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

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Study of an Amorphous Silicon Oxide Buffer Layer for p-Type Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide/n-Type Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Their Temperature Dependence by Taweewat Krajangsang, Apichan Moollakorn, Sorapong Inthisang, Amornrat Limmanee, Kobsak Sriprapha, Nattaphong Boriraksantikul, Tianchai Taratiwat, Nirod Akarapanjavit, Jaran Sritharathikhun

“…Intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide (i-a-SiO:H) films were used as front and rear buffer layers in crystalline silicon heterojunction (c-Si-HJ) solar cells. …”
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Comparative Study of Two Commercial Photovoltaic Panels under Natural Sunlight Conditions by Daniel T. Cotfas, Petru A. Cotfas

“…The degradation rate determined in two years is 1.02% for the monocrystalline silicon panel and 1.97% for the amorphous silicon panel.…”
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Refinement of the Co-Content function, through an integration of a polynomial fit of $$I-{I}_{sc}$$ I - I sc . Part 2 application to experimental current–voltage curves by Victor-Tapio Rangel-Kuoppa

“…., the shunt resistance $$\left({R}_{sh}\right)$$ R sh , the series resistance $$\left({R}_{s}\right)$$ R s , the ideality factor $$\left(n\right)$$ n , the light current $$\left({I}_{lig}\right)$$ I lig , and the saturation current $$\left({I}_{sat}\right)$$ I sat , (within the one-diode solar cell model), is implemented on reported Current–Voltage (IV) curves found in the literature, both for laboratory made solar cells, as for and single-crystalline silicon (x-Si), multi-crystalline silicon (m-Si), cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), amorphous silicon (a-Si) tandem and triple-junction, amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon, heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer (HIT), and amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules.…”
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Measurements and Simulations on the Mechanisms of Efficiency Losses in HIT Solar Cells by Silvio Pierro, Andrea Scuto, Luca Valenti, Marina Foti, Anna Battaglia, Giovanni Mannino, Cosimo Gerardi, Felice Crupi, Salvatore Lombardo

“…The worst optical coupling between the amorphous silicon and the antireflective coating implies a slight increase of reflectivity around the 600 nm wavelength.…”
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Using Flexible Polyimide as a Substrate to Deposit ZnO:Ga Thin Films and Fabricate p-i-n α-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells by Fang-Hsing Wang, Cheng-Fu Yang, Min-Chu Liu

“…We would also prove that substrate temperature of the GZO thin films had large effect on the characteristics of the fabricated α-Si amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells.…”
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Magnetic Susceptibility of Tetrahedrally Bonded Amorphous Semiconductors by M. A. Grado Caffaro, M. Grado Caffaro

“…In addition, electron-spin resonance referred to amorphous silicon is considered.…”
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MOCVD ZnO/Screen Printed Ag Back Reflector for Flexible Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell Application by Amornrat Limmanee, Patipan Krudtad, Sasiwimon Songtrai, Suttinan Jaroensathainchok, Taweewat Krajangsang, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…The n-i-p flexible amorphous silicon solar cell using the MOCVD ZnO/screen printed Ag back reflector showed an initial efficiency of 6.2% with Voc=0.86 V, Jsc=12.4 mA/cm2, and FF = 0.58 (1 cm2). …”
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Fabrication of Large-Grain Thick Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films via Aluminum-Induced Crystallization for Application in Solar Cells by Hsiao-Yeh Chu, Min-Hang Weng, Chen Lin

“…The induced 250 nm thick poly-Si film in the first stage is used as the seed layer for the crystallization of a 1 μm thick amorphous silicon (a-Si) film in the second stage. The annealing temperatures in the two stages are both 500°C. …”
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Vertical photon sorting by stacking silicon and germanium nanopillars for broadband absorbers by Xu Rongyang, Morimoto Takumi, Takahara Junichi

“…Hence, this study realizes broadband absorption via the stacking of amorphous silicon and germanium nanopillars with the same width at different peak absorption wavelengths. …”
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