Two-dimensional simulation of thin-film silicon solar cells with innovative device structures

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-100

  Goldbach, M ^a   Meyer, Th ^a   Brendel, R ^b   Rau, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CARRIER LIFETIME; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032688762     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199903/04)7:2<85::AID-PIP243>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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