Novel materials for high-efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-180

  Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a   Nishimura, Ken Ichi ^a   Sasaki, Takuo ^a   Suzuki, Hidetoshi ^a   Arafune, Kouji ^a   Kojima, Nobuaki ^a   Ohsita, Yoshio ^a   Okada, Yoshitaka ^b   Yamamoto, Akio ^c   Takamoto, Tatsuya ^d   Araki, Kenji ^e  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e DAIDO STEEL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentrator; High efficiency; III V compounds; Multi junction; New III V nitride materials; Quantum dots; Quantum wells; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; HEAT CONDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL CYCLING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

HIGH EFFICIENCY; MULTI-JUNCTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; HEAT CONDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL CYCLING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

GERMANIUM; OPTICAL METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 38349028520     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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