Modeling thin-film PV devices

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 143-153

  Burgelman, Marc ^a   Verschraegen, Johan ^a   Degrave, Stefaan ^a   Nollet, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELLS; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELINIDE; LESSER EXTENT SOLAR CELLS; NANO-STRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 1842630342     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.524     Document Type: Article

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