Recent advances in high-efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells for space applications: Ultra triple junction qualification

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Yoon, Hojun ^a   Granata, Jennifer E ^a,b   Hebert, Peter ^a   King, Richard R ^a   Fetzer, Christopher M ^a   Colter, Peter C ^a   Edmondson, Kenneth M ^a   Law, Daniel ^a   Kinsey, Geoffrey S ^a   Krut, Dmitri D ^a   Ermer, James H ^a   Gillanders, Mark S ^a   Karam, Nasser H ^a  

^a Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

MOVPE; Multijunction; Radiation; Space solar cells; Temperature coefficients

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; ORBITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

MULTIJUNCTIONS; SOLAR SPACE CELLS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS; ULTRA TRIPLE JUNCTION (UTJ);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 20044362391     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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