Present and future of super high efficiency multi-junction solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6889, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a   Takamoto, Tatsuya ^b   Araki, Kenji ^c  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c DAIDO STEEL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

High conversion efficiency; III V compounds; Multi junction solar cells; Terrestrial and space applications

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41149177435     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.784117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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