Modelling of GaAs solar cells under wide angle cones of homogeneous light

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-386

  Algora, Carlos ^a,b   Díaz, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANTIREFLECTING COATINGS; HOMOGENEOUS LIGHT; OHMIC CONTACT; OPTOELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0342939574     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199909/10)7:5<379::AID-PIP280>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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