Modelling free-carrier absorption in solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-236

  Clugston, Donald A ^a   Basore, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE PCID;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031189768     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-159x(199707/08)5:4<229::aid-pip164>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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