Limiting efficiency of bulk and thin-film silicon solar cells in the presence of surface recombination

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-330

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; STANDARDS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

LIMITING EFFICIENCY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032640794     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199907/08)7:4<327::AID-PIP250>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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