Interconnect junctions for thin-film tandem solar cells

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-30

  Young, David L ^a   Contreras, Miguel ^a   Romero, Manuel ^a   Asher, Sally ^a   Perkins, Craig ^a   Gessert, Timothy ^a   Keane, James ^a   Coutts, Timothy J ^a   Noufi, Rommel ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDGAPS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; INTERCONNECT JUNCTIONS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6344228470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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