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Effect of Substrate Morphology Slope Distributions on Light Scattering, nc-Si:H Film Growth, and Solar Cell Performance by Kim, Do Yun, Santbergen, Rudi, Jäger, Klaus, Sever, Martin, Krč, Janez, Topič, Marko, Hänni, Simon, Zhang, Chao, Heidt, Anna, Meier, Matthias, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M, Zeman, Miro

“…Thin-film silicon solar cells are often deposited on textured ZnO substrates. The solar-cell performance is strongly correlated to the substrate morphology, as…”
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Quantification of Valleys of Randomly Textured Substrates as a Function of Opening Angle: Correlation to the Defect Density in Intrinsic nc-Si:H by Kim, Do Yun, Hänni, Simon, Schüttauf, Jan-Willem, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M, Zeman, Miro

“…Optical and electrical properties of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) solar cells are strongly influenced by the morphology of underlying…”
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Surface passivation of c-Si for silicon heterojunction solar cells using high-pressure hydrogen diluted plasmas by Deligiannis, Dimitrios, Vasudevan, Ravi, Smets, Arno H. M., van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M., Zeman, Miro

“…In this work we demonstrate excellent c-Si surface passivation by depositing a-Si:H in the high-pressure and high hydrogen dilution regime. By using high…”
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Quadruple-junction thin-film silicon-based solar cells with high open-circuit voltage by Si, Fai Tong, Kim, Do Yun, Santbergen, Rudi, Tan, Hairen, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M., Smets, Arno H. M., Isabella, Olindo, Zeman, Miro

“…We have fabricated a-SiOx:H/a-Si:H/nc-Si:H/nc-Si:H quadruple-junction thin-film silicon-based solar cells (4J TFSSCs) to obtain high spectral utilization and…”
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A novel way of texturing glass for microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells application by Yang, Guangtao, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M., Isabella, Olindo, Zeman, Miro

“…In this paper, we present a novel way of texturing glass facilitated by ZnO:Al thin film as sacrificial layer for thin film silicon solar cell application. We…”
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Silicon nanocrystals: Novel synthesis routes for photovoltaic applications by Perraud, Simon, Quesnel, Etienne, Parola, Stéphanie, Barbé, Jérémy, Muffato, Viviane, Faucherand, Pascal, Morin, Christine, Jarolimek, Karol, Van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M., Zeman, Miro, Richards, Stephen, Kingsley, Andrew, Doyle, Hugh, Linehan, Keith, O'Brien, Shane, Povey, Ian M., Pemble, Martyn E., Xie, Ling, Leifer, Klaus, Makasheva, Kremena, Despax, Bernard

“…Novel processes were developed for fabricating silicon nanocrystals and nanocomposite materials which could be used as absorbers in third generation…”
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Designing optimized nano textures for thin-film silicon solar cells by Jäger, Klaus, Fischer, Marinus, van Swaaij, René A C M M, Zeman, Miro

“…Thin-film silicon solar cells (TFSSC), which can be manufactured from abundant materials solely, contain nano-textured interfaces that scatter the incident…”
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Optimizing Silicon Oxide Embedded Silicon Nanocrystal Inter-particle Distances by van Sebille, Martijn, Allebrandi, Jort, Quik, Jim, van Swaaij, René A.C. M. M., Tichelaar, Frans D., Zeman, Miro

“…We demonstrate an analytical method to optimize the stoichiometry and thickness of multilayer silicon oxide films in order to achieve the highest density of…”
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Optical Enhancement of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells With Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Carbide Emitter by Dong Zhang, Deligiannis, Dimitrios, Papakonstantinou, Georgios, van Swaaij, Rene A. C. M. M., Zeman, Miro

“…In this paper, the electrical and optical properties of p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) are compared with p-type hydrogenated amorphous…”
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Development of a-SiO x :H solar cells with very high V oc  ×  FF product: Development of a-SiO x :H solar cells with very high V oc  ×  FF product by Kim, Do Yun, Guijt, Erwin, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M., Zeman, Miro

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The Relation Between the Bandgap and the Anisotropic Nature of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon by Smets, A. H. M., Wank, M. A., Vet, B., Fischer, M., van Swaaij, R. A. C. M. M., Zeman, M., Bobela, D. C., Wronski, C. R., van de Sanden, R. M. C. M.

“…The bandgap of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is studied using a unique set of a-Si:H films deposited by means of three different processing…”
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The nature of silicon PN junction impedance at high frequency by van Nijen, David A, Procel, Paul, van Swaaij, René A. C. M. M, Zeman, Miro, Isabella, Olindo, Manganiello, Patrizio

“…A thorough understanding of the small-signal response of solar cells can reveal intrinsic device characteristics and pave the way for innovations. This study…”
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Combined Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of TOPCon Back‐Contact Solar Cells with Lateral Power Metal‐Oxide‐Semiconductor Field‐Effect Transistors on a Single Substrate by van Nijen, David A., Stevens, Tristan, Mercimek, Yavuzhan, Yang, Guangtao, van Swaaij, René A.C.M.M., Zeman, Miro, Isabella, Olindo, Manganiello, Patrizio

“…Nowadays, an increasing share of photovoltaic (PV) systems makes use of module‐ or submodule‐level power electronics (PE). Furthermore, PE is used in…”
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Modulated surface textured glass as substrate for high efficiency microcrystalline silicon solar cells by Yang, Guangtao, van Swaaij, René A.C.M.M., Tan, Hairen, Isabella, Olindo, Zeman, Miro

“…In this paper, we investigate three different procedures for making modulated surface textures (MST) on glass substrates and show the application of these…”
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Fabrication of double- and triple-junction solar cells with hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide (a-SiOx:H) top cell by Kim, Do Yun, Guijt, Erwin, Si, Fai Tong, Santbergen, Rudi, Holovský, Jakub, Isabella, Olindo, van Swaaij, René A.C.M.M., Zeman, Miro

“…In this study we investigate the potential of intrinsic a-SiOx:H, with a band gap of about 2.07eV, as absorber material in thin-film silicon solar cells. We…”
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Integration of Lateral Power MOSFETs into IBC c-Si Solar Cells with Poly-Si Passivating Contacts by Van Nijen, David A., Manganiello, Patrizio, Mercimek, Yavuzhan, Stevens, Tristan, Yang, Guangtao, Van Swaaij, Rene A.C.M.M., Zeman, Miro, Isabella, Olindo

“…Power electronics (PE) is essential for the optimal operation of photovoltaics (PV). An increasing share of PV systems makes use of module-level PE, and…”
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Optical and Electrical Simulation of μc-Si:H Solar Cells: Effect of Substrate Morphology and Crystalline Fraction by Do Yun Kim, van Swaaij, Rene A. C. M. M., Zeman, Miro

“…Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) is an important material for high-efficiency multijunction solar cells. Due to its complex microstructural…”
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Textured substrate for high-efficiency n-i-p μc-Si:H solar cells by Guangtao Yang, van Swaaij, Rene A. C. M. M., Dobrovolskiy, Sergiy, Zeman, Miro

“…In this paper, we investigate the light scattering properties of our randomly textured back reflector (BR) for n-i-p thin-film microcrystalline silicon…”
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Thin-film silicon technology for highly-efficient solar cells by van Swaaij, R. A. C. M. M., Smets, A. H. M., Zeman, M.

“…Photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation is currently the fastest growing technology for energy production. PV technology is for more than 90% based on silicon…”
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