Large-Area, 8-cm2 GaAs Solar Cells Fabricated from MBE Material

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 137-139

  Melloch, Michael R ^a   Harmon, E S ^a   Emery, Keith A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE - GROWTH;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0026117909     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: 15580563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/55.75736     Document Type: Article

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