Optical and electrical modeling of thin-film silicon solar cells

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 889-898

  Zeman, M ^a   Krc, J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH;

CURRENT MATCHING; OPTOELECTRICAL SIMULATOR; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 43049165690     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0125     Document Type: Review

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