Effects of mechanical strain on the performance of amorphous silicon triple-junction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1214-1217

  Jones, Rebecca ^a   Johnson, Todd ^a   Jordan, William ^a   Wagner, Sigurd ^a   Yang, Jeffrey ^b   Guha, Subhendu ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b United Solar Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPRESSION TESTING; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC LAMPS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; PERFORMANCE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0036948748     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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