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Title

A simulation study of temperature effects on performance parameters of silicon heterojunction solar cells with different ITO/a-Si:H selective contacts

Journal title

Opto-Electronics Review

Yearbook

2022

Volume

30

Issue

1

Authors

Balent, Jošt ; Topič, Marko ; Krč, Janez

Affiliation

Balent, Jošt : University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Topič, Marko : University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia ; Krč, Janez : University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Keywords

heterojunction ; photovoltaics ; simulation ; temperature ; tunnelling

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

e140557

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology

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Date

24.02.2022

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/opelre.2022.140557
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