Piezo-photovoltaic coupling in CdS-based thin-film photovoltaics

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Mitra, M ^a,b   Drayton, J ^a,c   Cooray, M L C ^a   Karpov, V G ^a   Shvydka, Diana ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c PrimeStar Solar   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

DEVICE SQUEEZING; MECHANICAL STRESSES; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 34548070704     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2761780     Document Type: Article

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