Progress in crystalline multijunction and thin-film photovoltaics

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-574

  Senft, Donna Cowell ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

III V semiconductors; Multijunction solar cells; Photovoltaics; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

AIR; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FABRICATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

AIR MASS ZERO (AMO); III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 20344374974     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-005-0067-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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