Lattice-mismatched approaches for high-performance, III-V photovoltaic energy converters

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 530-535

  Wanlass, M W ^a   Ahrenkiel, S P ^a   Ahrenkiel, R K ^a   Albin, D S ^a   Carapella, J J ^a   Duda, A ^a   Geisz, J F ^a   Kurtz, Sarah ^a   Moriarty, T ^a   Wehrer, R J ^b   Wernsman, B ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BECHTEL BETTIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

BAND GAP; LATTICE-MATCHED (LM) DEVICES; SOLAR PV (SPV); THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC (TPV) ENERGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 27944474439     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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