A germanium back contact type cell for thermophotovoltaics

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 659-662

  Nagashima, Tomonori ^a   Hokoi, Koji ^a   Okumura, Kenichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^b  

^a TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LIGHT EMISSION; PASSIVATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PASSIVATION LAYERS; RESISTANCE LOSS; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 27944498716     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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