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Volume 1536, Issue 1

December 2013

Symposium A — Film Silicon Science and Technology

Issue Editors:

P. Stradins,
A. Boukai,
F. Finger,
T. Matsui,
N. Wyrsch

31 articles in this issue

Light Management Using Periodic Textures for Enhancing Photocurrent and Conversion Efficiency in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells
Hitoshi Sai
Takuya Matsui
Michio Kondo
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 3 - 15
Panasonic’s Thin Film Silicon Technologies for Advanced Photovoltaics
Akira Terakawa
Hiroko Murayama
Makoto Tanaka
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 17 - 26
Hydrogen-plasma etching of thin amorphous silicon layers for heterojunction interdigitated back-contact solar cells
Stefano N. Granata
Twan Bearda
Robert Mertens
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 27 - 32
Employing μc-SiO_X:H as n-Type Layer and Back TCO Replacement for High-Efficiency a-Si:H/μc-Si:H Tandem Solar Cells
S. W. Liang
C. H. Hsu
C. C. Tsai
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 33 - 38
A Vertical PN Junction Utilizing the Impurity Photovoltaic Effect for the Enhancement of Ultra-thin Film Silicon Solar Cells
D. J. Paez
E. Huante-Ceron
A. P. Knights
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 39 - 44
Impact on Thin Film Silicon Properties and Solar Cell Parameters of Texture Generated by LaserAnnealing and Chemical Etching of ZnO:Al
Rym Boukhicha
Erik Johnson
Pere Roca i Cabarrocas
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 45 - 50
Novel intermediate reflector layer for optical and morphological tuning in the Micromorph thin film tandem cell
J.-B. Orhan
E. Vallat-Sauvain
H. Keppner
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 51 - 56
Development of Nanocrystalline Silicon Based Multi-junction Solar Cell Technology for High Volume Manufacturing
Xixiang Xu
Jinyan Zhang
Hui Yan
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 57 - 62
SnO₂:F with Very High Haze Value and Transmittance in Near Infrared Wavelength for Use as Front Transparent Conductive Oxide Films in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells
Masanobu Isshiki
Yasuko Ishikawa
Makoto Konagai
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 63 - 69
Amorphous silicon based betavoltaic devices
N. Wyrsch
Y. Riesen
C. Ballif
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 73 - 78
SiC monolithically integrated wavelength selector with 4 channels
M. Vieira
M. A. Vieira
J. Costa
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 79 - 84
Design of an optical transmission WDM link using plastic optical fibers
P. Louro
P. Soares
M. Vieira
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 85 - 90
Optoelectronic logic functions using optical bias controlled SiC multilayer devices
M. A. Vieira
M. Vieira
M. Barata
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 91 - 96
Improvement of seed layer smoothness for epitaxial growth on porous silicon
R. Martini
Radhakrishnan H. Sivaramakrishnan
J. Poortmans
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 97 - 102
Local junction voltages and radiative ideality factors of a-Si:H solar modules determined by electroluminescence imaging
T. M. H. Tran
B. E. Pieters
U. Rau
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 105 - 111
The dependence of the crystalline volume fraction on the crystallite size for hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon based solar cells
K. J. Schmidt
Y. Lin
B. Yan
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 113 - 118
Carrier Lifetime Measurements by Photoconductance at Low Temperature on Passivated Crystalline Silicon Wafers
Guillaume Courtois
Bastien Bruneau
Pere Roca I. Cabarrocas
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 119 - 125
Characterization of Boron Doped Amorphous Silicon Films by Multiple Internal Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy
N. Ross
K. Shrestha
A. J. Syllaios
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 127 - 132
Emission spectra study of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of intrinsic, n⁺, and p⁺ amorphous silicon thin films
I-Syuan Lee
Yue Kuo
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 133 - 138
On the Origin of the Urbach Rule and the Urbach Focus
J. A. Guerra
L. Montañez
R. Weingärtner
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 139 - 145
Ultrafast Optical Measurements of Acoustic Phonon Attenuation in Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon
Joseph A. Andrade
Bryan E. Rachmilowitz
S. Guha
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 147 - 153
Stress Analysis of Free-Standing Silicon Oxide Films Using Optical Interference
Imen Rezadad
Javaneh Boroumand
Robert E. Peale
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 155 - 160
Effect of RF or VHF Plasma on Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Structure: Insight from OES and Langmuir Probe Measurements
Lala Zhu
Ujjwal K. Das
Robert W. Birkmire
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 161 - 166
Defect Densities and Carrier Lifetimes in Oxygen doped Nanocrystalline Si
Shantan Kajjam
Siva Konduri
Vikram Dalal
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 169 - 173
Microstructure Characterization of Amorphous Silicon Films by Effusion Measurements of Implanted Helium
W. Beyer
W. Hilgers
P. Prunici
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 175 - 180
Temperature Dependence of 1/f Noise and Electrical Conductivity Measurements on p-type a-Si:H Devices
V. C. Lopes
E. Hanson
A. J. Syllaios
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 181 - 186
Charge transport in nanocrystalline germanium/hydrogenated amorphous silicon mixed-phase thin films
Kent E. Bodurtha
J. Kakalios
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 195 - 200
Low Temperature Annealing of Inkjet-Printed Silicon Thin-Films for Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Devices
Etienne Drahi
Anshul Gupta
Patrick Benaben
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 201 - 206
Shape Evolution of Faceted Silicon Nanocrystals upon Thermal Annealing in an Oxide Matrix
Zhenyu Yang
Alexander R. Dobbie
Jonathan G. C. Veinot
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 207 - 212
Crystallization Kinetics of Plasma-Produced Amorphous Silicon Nanoparticles
Thomas Lopez
Lorenzo Mangolini
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 213 - 218
Study of Surface Passivation of CZ c-Si by PECVD a-Si:H Films; A Comparison Between Quasi-Steady-State and Transient Photoconductance Decay Measurement
Omid Madani Ghahfarokhi
Karsten von Maydell
Carsten Agert
Articles 01 December 2013 Pages: 1 - 6