pv magazine: In “Solar Cells and Modules,” which was recently published by Springer, you dedicate a long chapter to amorphous silicon solar cells, which is very much still a niche technology ...

Amorphous silicon thin film solar cells are considered a promising alternative to solar cells based on highly purified silicon wafers, which have been dominating photovoltaic power generation. A ...

They chose the commonest – and therefore cheapest – crystalline cell (called "p-doped silicon"), took care of its preparation and improved the process of application of amorphous silicon.

In contrast to the crystalline process, amorphous silicon PV cells are created by depositing a thin layer of silicon onto a base material using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

Scientists at Spain's Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) have fabricated a transparent solar cell based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide. They say it could be used for ...

meaning that standard silicon solar cells cannot be deployed on undulating or flexible surfaces. Thin-film solar cells made from other materials, such as amorphous silicon, Cu(In,Ga)Se 2, CdTe, ...