High voltage series connected Si photovoltaic cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5871, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Patel, Rupal K ^a   Nasby, Robert D ^a   Stein, David J ^a   Hsia, Alex H ^a   Bennett, Reid S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

High voltage; Monolithic; Open circuit voltage; Photovoltaic cell; Series connection; SOI; Solar cell; Trench isolation

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

BOX LAYERS; SOI WAFERS; TRENCH ISOLATION;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 29144446320     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.619527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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