Manufacturing tolerances of terrestrial concentrator p-on-n GaAs solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-39

  Algora, Carlos ^a   Díaz, Vicente ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FITS AND TOLERANCES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

BASE DOPING LEVEL; BASE THICKNESS; EMITTER DOPING LEVEL; EMITTER THICKNESS; SHADOWING FACTOR; SPECIFIC FRONT CONTACT RESISTANCE; TERRESTRIAL CONCENTRATOR; WINDOW THICKNESS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0343867212     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.352     Document Type: Article

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