文档介绍：Improving the stability of amorphous silicon solar cells by chemical
annealing
by
Nanlin Wang
A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Major: Electrical Engineering
Program of mittee:
Vikram Dalal, Major Professor
Rana Biswas
Mani Mina
Joseph Shinar
Gary Tuttle
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
2006
Copyright ¬ Nanlin Wang, 2006. All rights reserved.
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Graduate College
Iowa State University
This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation of
Nanlin Wang
has met the dissertation requirements of Iowa State University
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Major Professor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………v
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTIONS...................................................................................1
RESEARCH MOTIVATION ......................................................................................... 1
FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLAR CELLS .......................................................................... 2
PROPERTIES OF A-SI:H ............................................................................................ 6
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................. 11
SCOPE OF RESEARCH .............................................................................................. 19
CHAPTER 2. SAMPLE PREPARATION....................................................................22
ECR PECVD SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 22
GROWTH CHEMISTRY ........................................................................