Intermediate band photovoltaics overview

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 3-8

  Cuadra, L ^a   Marti A ^a   Lopez N ^a   Luque, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND PHOTOVOLTAICS; BAND SOLAR CELLS; CARRIER RELAXATION; SEMICONDUCTOR GAPS;

FERMI LEVEL; FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 6344277200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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