The influence of drift fields in thin silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-160

  Weber, K J ^a   Cuevas, A ^a   Blakers, A W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drift fields; Modelling; Thin film silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

DRIFT FIELDS; THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; THIN FILMS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030786848     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(96)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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