P-n junction photocurrent modelling evaluation under optical and electrical excitation

Sensors

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 58-70

  Dervos, Constantine T ^a   Skafidas, Panayotis D ^a   Mergos, John A ^a   Vassiliou, Panayota ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

P n junction modelling; Photocurrent; Photovoltaics; Semiconductor applications

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; CURVE FITTING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

FORWARD BIAS; P-N JUNCTION MODELING; REVERSE BIAS; SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 18444363657     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s40500058     Document Type: Article

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