Monolithic, ultra-thin GalnP/GaAs/GalnAs tandem solar cells

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 729-732

  Wanlass, Mark ^a   Ahrenkiel, Phil ^a   Albin, David ^a   Carapella, Jeff ^a   Duda, Anna ^a   Emery, Keith ^a   Friedman, Daniel ^a   Geisz, John ^a   Jones, Kim ^a   Kibbler, Alan ^a   Kiehl, James ^a   Kurtz, Sarah ^a   McMahon, William ^a   Moriarty, Tom ^a   Olson, Jerry ^a   Ptak, Aaron ^a   Romero, Manuel ^a   Ward, Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENT SUBSTRATE REMOVAL; TANDEM CELLS;

COST REDUCTION; ENERGY GAP; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41749118708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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