Limiting efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells due to Coulomb-enhanced Auger recombination

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Kerr, Mark J ^a   Cuevas, Andres ^a   Campbell, Patrick ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; FERMI LEVEL; LIMITERS;

AUGER RECOMBINATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037343076     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.464     Document Type: Article

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