Solar cell efficiency tables (version 17)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-56

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Japan Quality Assurance Organization   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROUS SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035113929     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.361     Document Type: Article

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