Band-gap engineering in CIGS solar cells using Nelder-Mead simplex optimization algorithm

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 511-512, Issue , 2006, Pages 60-65

  Cernivec G ^a   Krc J ^a   Smole, F ^a   Topic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

CIGS solar cell; Graded absorber; Optimization algorithm; Window absorber hetero interface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY GAP; OPTIMIZATION;

CIGS SOLAR CELLS; GRADED ABSORBERS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; WINDOW/ABSORBER HETERO-INTERFACE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33646590274     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.11.095     Document Type: Article

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