Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 14)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-326

  Green, Martin A ^a   Emery, Keith ^b   Bücher, Klaus ^c   King, David L ^d   Igari, Sanekazu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Japan Quality Assurance Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032680985     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199907/08)7:4<321::AID-PIP283>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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