Characterization and analysis of InGaN photovoltaic devices

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-42

  Jani, Omkar ^a   Honsberg, Christiana ^b   Asghar, Ali ^a   Nicol, David ^a   Ferguson, Ian ^a   Doolittle, Alan ^a   Kurtz, Sarah ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (IQE); MESA DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM-WELL SOLAR CELLS;

METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PHOTOEMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 27944476343     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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