Recent developments in high eficiency photovoltaic cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Deb, Satyen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Cadmium telluride; Copper gallium indium diselenide; Gallium arsenide; Photovoltaics; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COPPER COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SOLAR CELLS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER GALLIUM INDIUM DISELENIDE; GALLIUM INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; TERNARY ALLOYS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0032156868     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00206-7     Document Type: Article

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