Limits on the Open-Circuit Voltage and Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Imposed by Intrinsic Auger Processes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 671-678

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0021422389     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1984.21588     Document Type: Article

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