Effects of temperature and spectral irradiance on performance of silicon-based thin film multijunction solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 4 A, 2007, Pages 1398-1403

  Yunaz, Ihsanul Afdi ^a   Sriprapha, Kobsak ^a   Hiza, Shuichi ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; AMPS; Microcrystalline silicon; Spectral irradiance; Tandem cell; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MICROELECTRONICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIMULATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

DEVICE SIMULATOR; PHOTONIC STRUCTURES; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 34547915673     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.1398     Document Type: Article

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