Influence of series resistance on guidelines for manufacture of concentrator p-on-n GaAs solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-225

  Algora, Carlos ^a   Díaz, Vicente ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS; SERIES RESISTANCE; SQUARE GRID GEOMETRY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0342502239     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200003/04)8:2<211::AID-PIP291>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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