The impurity photovoltaic (IPV) effect in wide-bandgap semiconductors: An opportunity for very-high-efficiency solar cells?

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 345-353

  Beaucarne, G ^a,b   Brown, A S ^a   Keevers, M J ^a,b   Corkish, R ^a   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Pacific Solar Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS;

IMPURITY PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL THEORY; VERY HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0036681866     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.433     Document Type: Article

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