Solar cell nanotechnology for improved efficiency and radiation hardness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6308, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fedoseyev, Alexander I ^a   Turowski, Marek ^a   Shao, Qinghui ^b   Balandin, Alexander A ^b  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Nanostructures; Photovoltaic; Quantum dot; Radiation tolerant; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION TOLERANT; SOLAR CELL DESIGNS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIATION HARDENING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33751384501     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.681252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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