ELSEVIER Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 41 (1996) v—ix CONTENTS Special double volume: First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) A.W. Czanderna, T. Ciszek, H.W. Schock, Y. Hamakawa and A. Luque Preface Part I: Crystalline silicon S.R. Wenham, M.A. Green, S. Edmiston, P. Campbell, L. Koschier, C.B. Honsberg, A.B. Sproul, D. Thorpe, Z. Shi and G. Heiser Limits to the efficiency of silicon multilayer thin film solar cells T.H. Wang, T.F. Ciszek, C.R. Schwerdtfeger, H. Moutinho and R. Matson Growth of silicon thin layers on cast MG-Si from metal solutions for solar cells P. Doshi, A. Rohatgi, M. Ropp, Z. Chen, D. Ruby and D.L. Meier Rapid thermal processing of high-efficiency silicon solar cells with controlled in-situ annealing Y.S. Tsuo, J.R. Pitts, M.D. Landry, P. Menna, C.E. Bingham, A. Lewandowski and T.F. Ciszek High-flux solar furnace processing of silicon solar cells Z. Shi, W. Zhang, G.F. Zheng, V.L. Chin, A. Stephens, M.A. Green and R. Bergmann The effects of solvent and dopant impurities on the performance of LPE silicon solar cells T.F. Ciszek, T.H. Wang, R.W. Burrows, T. Bekkedahl, M.I. Symko and J.D. Webb Effect of nitrogen doping on microdefects and minority charge carrier lifetime of high-purity, dislocation-free and multicrystalline silicon R.O. Bell, M. Prince, F.V. Wald, W. Schmidt and K.D. Rasch A comparison of the behavior of solar silicon material in different production processes J. Zhao, A. Wang, P.P. Altermatt, S.R. Wenham and M.A. Green 24% Efficient perl silicon solar cell: Recent improvements in high efficiency silicon cell research Contents J. Nijs, E. Demesmaeker, J. Szlufcik, J. Poortmans, L. Frisson, K. De Clercq, M. Ghannam, R. Mertens and R. Van Overstraeten Recent improvements in the screenprinting technology and comparison with the buried contact technology by 2D-simulation M. Pauli, T. Reindl, W. Krihler, F.H omberg and J. Miller A new fabrication method for multicrystalline silicon layers on graphite substrates suited for low-cost thin film solar cells T. Reindl, W. Krihler, M. Pauli and J. Miller Electrical and structural properties of the Si/C interface in poly-Si thin films on graphite substrates W.K. Schubert, D.L. King, T.D. Hund and J.M. Gee 15%-Efficient multicrystalline-silicon photovoltaic modules: cell processing and charac- terization B.L. Sopori, X. Deng, J.P. Benner, A. Rohatgi, P. Sana, S.K. Estreicher, Y.K. Park and M.A. Roberson Hydrogen in silicon: A discussion of diffusion and passivation mechanisms R.K. Ahrenkiel, D. Levi and J. Arch Recombination lifetime studies of silicon spheres C.B. Honsberg, S. Edmiston, L. Koschier, S.R. Wenham, A.B. Sproul and M.A. Green Capitalizing on two dimensional minority carrier injection in silicon solar cell design M.J. Keevers and M.A. Green Extended infrared response of silicon solar cells and the impurity photovoltaic effect Part II: CIGS and CdTe solar cells A. Catalano Polycrystalline thin-film technologies: Status and prospects S. Zweigart, S.M. Sun, G. Bilger and H.W. Schock CulnSe, film growth using precursors deposited at low temperature M.A. Contreras, J. Tuttle, A. Gabor, A. Tennant, K. Ramanathan, S. Asher, A. Franz, J. Keane, L. Wang and R. Noufi High efficiency graded bandgap thin-film polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se,-based solar cells A.M. Gabor, J.R. Tuttle, M.H. Bode, A. Franz, A.L. Tennant, M.A. Contreras, R. Noufi, D.G. Jensen and A.M. Hermann Band-gap engineering in Cu(In,Ga)Se, thin films grown from (In,Ga),Se, precursors R. Scheer, I. Luck, H. Sehnert and H.J. Lewerenz Scavenging of excess Cu atoms in CulnS, films by sulphur annealing N.G. Dhere and K.W. Lynn Culn,_ ,Ga,Se, thin film solar cells by two-selenizations process using Se vapor Contents D. Schmid, M. Ruckh and H.W. Schock A comprehensive characterization of the interfaces in Mo/CIS/CdS/ZnO solar cell structures A. Zegadi, M.V. Yakushev, E. Ahmed, R.D. Pilkington, A.E. Hill and R.D. Tomlinson A photoacoustic study on the effect of Se content on defect levels in CulnSe, single crystals M.E. Boiko and G.A. Medvedkin Thermal oxidation of CulnSe,: Experiment and physico-chemical model A.J. Nelson, A.M. Gabor, M.A. Contreras, A. Mason, P. Asoka-Kumar and K.G. Lynn Relation of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se, device efficiency with junction depth and interfacial structure S. Menezes, J. Kessler, D. Schmid, H.W. Schock and R.J. Matson Use of n-type (Cu,Se),(In,Se,),_, ordered defect chalcopyrite films for solar cell absorber layers M. Ruckh, D. Schmid, M. Kaiser, R. Schaffler, T. Walter and H.W. Schock Influence of substrates on the electrical properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se, thin films D. Hariskos, M. Ruckh, U. Rithle, T. Walter, H.W. Schock, J. Hedstrom and L. Stolt A novel cadmium free buffer layer for Cu(In,Ga)Se, based solar cells T. Walter, D. Braunger, H. Dittrich, Ch. Kéble, R. Herberholz and H.W. Schock Sequential processes for the deposition of polycrystalline Cu(In,GaXS,Se), thin films: Growth mechanism and devices J.R. Sites and X. Liu Recent efficiency gains for CdTe and Culn,_ Ga, Se, solar cells: What has changed? D.H. Levi, H.R. Moutinho, F.S. Hasoon, B.M. Keyes, R.K. Ahrenkiel, M. Al-Jassim, L.L. Kazmerski and R.W. Birkmire Micro through nanostructure investigations of polycrystalline CdTe: Correlations with processing and electronic structures Part III: IN1I-V and multijunction cells M. Umeno, T. Kato, T. Egawa, T. Soga and T. Jimbo High efficiency AlGaAs/Si tandem solar cell over 20% M.W. Wanlass, J.S. Ward, K.A. Emery, M.M. Al-Jassim, K.M. Jones and T.J. Coutts Ga In, _ , As thermophotovoltaic converters R. Brendel, J.H. Werner and H.J. Queisser Thermodynamic efficiency limits for semiconductor solar cells with carrier multiplica- tion Part IV: Amorphous silicon C.R. Wronski Amorphous silicon technology: Coming of age Viii Contents Y. Hishikawa, K. Ninomiya, E. Maruyama, S. Kuroda, A. Terakawa, K. Sayama, H. Tarui, M. Sasaki, S. Tsuda and S. Nakano Approaches for stable multi-junction.a-Si solar cells W. Ma, S. Aoyama, H. Okamoto and Y. Hamakawa A study of interface properties in a-Si solar cells with wc-Si(C) T.J. McMahon and M.S. Bennett Metastable shunt paths in a-Si solar cells B. Rech, C. Beneking and H. Wagner Improvement in stabilized efficiency of a-Si:H solar cells through optimized p/i-inter- face layers M. Kubon, E. Boehmer, F. Siebke, B. Rech, C. Beneking and H. Wagner Solution of the ZnO/p contact problem in a-Si:H solar cells R. Martins, M. Vieira, I. Ferreira, E. Fortunato and L. Guimaraes Transport properties of doped silicon oxycarbide microcrystalline films produced by spatial separation techniques H.N. Wanka, M.B. Schubert and E. Lotter Growth of a-Si:H on transparent conductive oxides for solar cell applications F. Siebke, H. Stiebig, A. Abo-Arais and H. Wagner Charged and neutral defect states in a-Si:H determined from improved analysis of the constant photocurrent method D. Vanmaekelbergh, J. van de Lagemaat and R.E.I. Schropp Observation and explanation of quantum efficiencies exceeding unity in amorphous silicon solar cells M.S. Haque, H.A. Naseem and W.D. Brown Aluminum-induced degradation and failure mechanisms of a-Si:H solar cells Part V: Terrestrial applications S. Krauter and R. Hanitsch Actual optical and thermal performance of PV-modules J. Burdick, J. Pruett and E. Beck Qualification testing of thin-film and crystalline photovoltaic modules F.J. Pern Factors that affect the EVA encapsulant discoloration rate upon accelerated exposure T. Strand, L. Mrig, R. Hansen and K. Emery Technical evaluation of a dual-junction same-band-gap amorphous silicon photovoltaic system C.R. Osterwald, R. Hammond, G. Zerlaut and R. D’A iello Photovoltaic module certification and laboratory accreditation criteria development Contents C. Eberspacher, C.F. Gay and P.D. Moskowitz Strategies for enhancing the commercial viability of CdTe-based photovoltaics Indices Author index. to volumes 41 /42 Subject index to volumes 41 /42