High-efficiency space and terrestrial multijunction solar cells through bandgap control in cell structures

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 776-781

  King, Richard R ^a   Fetzer, Chris M ^a   Colter, Peter C ^a   Edmondson, Ken M ^a   Ermer, James H ^a   Cotal, Hector L ^a   Yoon, Hojun ^a   Stavrides, Alex P ^a   Kinsey, Geoff ^a   Krut, Dimitri D ^a   Karam, N H ^a  

^a Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ABSORBING LAYERS; BANDGAP CONTROL; CELL STRUCTURES; MIDDLE CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SELECTIVE CELL LAYERS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0036953533     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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