Effect of the compositional distribution on the photovoltaic power conversion of SiGe solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Usami, Noritaka ^a   Pan, Wugen ^a   Fujiwara, Kozo ^a   Tayanagi, Misumi ^a   Ohdaira, Keisuke ^a   Nakajima, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compositional distribution; SiGe

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33750683650     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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