Response to simulated typical daily outdoor irradiation conditions of thin-film silicon-based triple-band-gap, triple-junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Krishnan, P ^a   Schuttauf J W A ^a   van der Werf, C H M ^a   Houshyani Hassanzadeh, B ^b   van Sark, W G J H M ^b   Schropp, R E I ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current matching; Nanocrystalline; Performance; Spectral variation; Thin film Si solar cells; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MATCHING; NANOCRYSTALLINE; PERFORMANCE; SPECTRAL VARIATION; THIN-FILM SI SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 67349101239     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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