The effect of excitons on CdTe solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 8786-8792

  Karazhanov, S Zh ^a,b   Zhang, Y ^a   Mascarenhas, A ^a   Deb, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Physical Technical Institute Uzbekistan   (Uzbekistan)

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EID: 0042728979     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.373611     Document Type: Article

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