Projected performance of three- and four-junction devices using GaAs and GaInP

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 875-878

  Kurtz, Sarah R ^a   Myers, D ^a   Olson, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOUR JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; THREE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031361244     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.1997.654226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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