Analysis of the microstructure of silicon quantum dot superlattice embedded microcrystalline silicon carbide for solar cell application

P Chaudhuri, A Kole, G Haider - 2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have recently demonstrated [1] pin structure diodes with the intrinsic (i) layers
comprising of periodic depositions of silicon quantum dot embedded microcrystalline silicon …

Structural characterization of superlattice of microcrystalline silicon carbide layers for photovoltaic application

P Chaudhuri, A Kole, G Haider - Journal of Applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We have systematically studied a series of silicon carbide multilayer (# SiC) samples, each
consisting of 30 periods of two alternating layers of microcrystalline silicon carbide (μc-SiC …

Photovoltaic properties of silicon nanocrystals in silicon carbide

P Löper, A Witzky, A Hartel, S Gutsch… - Physics, Simulation …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Silicon nanocrystal quantum dots in a dielectric matrix form a material with higher band gap
than silicon, but still compatible with silicon technology. So far, devices using silicon …

Microcrystalline silicon carbide window layers in thin film silicon solar cells

T Chen, Y Huang, A Dasgupta, M Luysberg… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
Crystalline silicon carbide alloys have a very high potential to be used as transparent
conductive window layers in thin-film solar cells provided they can be prepared in thin-film …

In situ grown size-controlled silicon nanocrystals: A p type nanocrystalline-Si: H/a-SiCx: H superlattice (p-nc-Si: H/a-SiCx: H) approach

J Ma, J Ni, J Zhang, Q Liu, G Hou, X Chen… - Solar energy materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
In situ grown p-nc-Si: H/a-SiC x: H quantum dot superlattice has been prepared by RF-
PECVD at a low temperature of 150° C using layer by layer technique. This preparation …

Silicon nanocrystals in carbide matrix

C Summonte, M Allegrezza, M Bellettato… - Solar energy materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ordered silicon nanocrystals in silicon carbide are produced by Plasma Enhanced Chemical
Vapor Deposition by means of the multilayer approach followed by annealing at 1100° C …

Highly transparent microcrystalline silicon carbide grown with hot wire chemical vapor deposition as window layers in nip microcrystalline silicon solar cells

Y Huang, A Dasgupta, A Gordijn, F Finger… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Y. Huang, A. Dasgupta, A. Gordijn, F. Finger, R. Carius; Highly transparent microcrystalline
silicon carbide grown with hot wire chemical vapor deposition as window layers in nip …

Preparation of microcrystalline silicon solar cells on microcrystalline silicon carbide window layers grown with HWCVD at low temperature

Y Huang, T Chen, A Gordijn, A Dasgupta… - Journal of non …, 2008 - Elsevier
N-type microcrystalline silicon carbide layers prepared by hot-wire chemical vapor
deposition were used as window layers for microcrystalline silicon n–i–p solar cells. The …

Silicon quantum dots thin films and superlattice in SiC matrix by co-sputtering of silicon and carbon

JH Moon, HJ Kim, JC Lee, JS Cho… - 2009 34th IEEE …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon quantum dots (QDs) thin films and superlattice embedded in SiC matrix are prepared
by co-sputtering of pure Si and C targets for all silicon tandem solar cell application. The …

Nanocrystalline silicon in amorphous silicon carbide matrix for si quantum dots superlattice

Y Kurokawa, S Miyajima, A Yamada… - 2006 IEEE 4th World …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have successfully prepared silicon quantum dots/amorphous silicon carbide multilayers
by thermal annealing of stoichiometric hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC …