Advances in amorphous silicon alloy technology - The achievement of high-efficiency multijunction solar cells and modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Yang, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a United Solar Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

ACTIVE AREA CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; AMORPHOUS SILICON ALLOY TECHNOLOGY; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR MODULE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PRODUCTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032067607     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199805/06)6:3<181::AID-PIP220>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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