Degradation study of III-V solar cells for concentrator applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 369-380

  Van Riesen, S ^a,b   Bett, A W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar cells; Degradation; III V semiconductors; Multi junction solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR CELLS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTI-JUNCTION (MJ) CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 22744445691     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.603     Document Type: Article

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