Selective energy contacts for potential application to hot carrier PV cells

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn C, Issue , 2003, Pages 2730-2733

  Conibeer, Gavin ^a   Jiang, Chu Wei ^a   Green, Martin ^a   Harder, Nils ^a,b   Straub, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ctr Excellence Adv Silicon P/P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPED SUBSTRATES; ENERGY FILTERING; OXIDE INSULATING LAYER; RESONANT TUNNELLING;

COOLING; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; HOT CARRIERS; PHONONS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6344241953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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