13.9%-efficient CdTe polycrystalline thin-film solar cells with an infrared transmission of ∼50%

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-483

  Wu, X ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Duda, A ^a   Keane, J C ^a   Gessert, T A ^a   Yan, Y ^a   Noufi, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; Tandem solar cells; Thin films; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CDTE; DEVICE STRUCTURES; NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) WAVELENGTH; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33748539323     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.664     Document Type: Article

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