Specific growth and characterization issues in multi-junction solar cells for concentrations above 1000 suns

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 830-833

  Garcia, I ^a   Rey Stolle, I ^a   Galiana, B ^a   Algora, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; TELLURIUM; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

BIAS LIGHTS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41749092036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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