Compensated amorphous silicon solar cell

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1979-06-18

1980-08-12

Weisstuch, Aaron

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Thermoelectric

Radiation pyrometer

136 89TF, 357 2, 357 15, 357 30, 427 39, H01L 3106, B05D 306

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042171482

ABSTRACT:
An amorphous silicon solar cell incorporates a region of intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon fabricated by a glow discharge wherein said intrinsic region is compensated by P-type dopants in an amount sufficient to reduce the space charge density of said region under illumination to about zero.

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W. E. Spear et al., "Electronic Properties of Substitutionally _Doped Amorphous Si and Ge", Phil. Mag., vol. 33, pp. 935-949 (1976).
C. R. Wronski, "The Dependence of Solar Cell Characteristics on the _Electronic Properties of Discharge Produced, Hydrogenated Amorphous _Silicon", Conf. Record, 13th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf., _Jun. 1978, pp. 744-750.

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