AVS 57th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Energy Frontiers Topical Conference Tuesday Sessions

Session EN+TF-TuA
Thin Films for Photovoltaics

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 2:00 pm, Room Pecos
Moderator: L.W. Rieth, University of Utah


  Click here to Download program book for this session  
  in Adobe Acrobat format  

Click a paper to see the details. Presenters are shown in bold type.

2:00pm EN+TF-TuA1
Ar/H2 Plasma Treatment of a-Si:H Thin Films: On the Role of Atomic Hydrogen in µc-Si:H Thin-Film Deposition
A.C. Bronneberg, A.M. Creatore, M.C.M. van de Sanden, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
2:20pm EN+TF-TuA2
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Role of Hydrogen in Amorphous Silicon
P. Schäfer, F. Nobis, O.D. Gordan, H. Kupfer, F. Richter, D.R.T. Zahn, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
2:40pm EN+TF-TuA3 Invited Paper
Improved Efficiency and Air Stability of Hybrid Thin Film Solar Cells with a ZnO Nanoparticle Layer
P.H. Holloway, L. Qian, J. Yang, R. Zhou, A. Tang, Y. Zheng, J. Xue, University of Florida
4:00pm EN+TF-TuA7
Energy Band Alignments and Influence of Doping on Ga-doped ZnO, CuO and Si
S.Y. Chiam, S.J. Wang, J.S. Pan, L.M. Wong, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore, W.K. Chim, National University of Singapore
4:20pm EN+TF-TuA8
Growing Low-Dislocation-Density Ge on Si through Nanometer Sized Voids in Chemical Oxide and Subsequent Integration of III-V Films for Multijunction Solar Cells
D. Leonhardt, J.J. Sheng, University of New Mexico, J.G. Cederberg, M.S. Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories, M.J. Romero, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, S.M. Han, University of New Mexico
4:40pm EN+TF-TuA9
Optimizing Heterojunctions of ZnTe/ZnSe Solar Cells: Effect of Surface Treatment and Growth Conditions
F. Fang, B. McCandless, R. Opila, University of Delaware
5:00pm EN+TF-TuA10
Investigation of NbSe2 as Potential High Work Function Back Contact for CdTe Solar Cells
M.A. Wolak, S. Gutmann, M.M. Beerbom, C.S. Ferekides, R. Schlaf, University of South Florida
5:20pm EN+TF-TuA11
In-Rich InGaN Films for Efficient Photovoltaic Devices Grown by ENABLE
T.L. Williamson, M.A. Hoffbauer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, K.M. Yu, L.A. Reichertz, W. Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5:40pm EN+TF-TuA12
Copper Oxide Thin Films: Preparation and Modulation of Semiconducting Properties by Electrochemical Methods
F. Caballero-Briones, CICATA-IPN/Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, A. Palacios-Padrós, Instituto de Bioingenieria de Catalunya, Spain, F. Sanz, Instituto de Biongenieria de Catalunya/CIBER-BBN, Spain