Quantification of losses in thin-film polycrystalline solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 243-251

  Sites, James R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; Crystall ites; CuIn1 xGaxSe2; Diodes; Photons; Thin films

Indexed keywords

PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL LOSSES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037209977     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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