Very high efficiency silicon solar cells-science and technology

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1940-1947

  Green, Martin A ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Aihua ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon, solar energy; Solar power generation

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL DESIGN; LIGHT TRAPPING;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PASSIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0033338373     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.791982     Document Type: Article

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