III-V multijunction solar cells for concentrating photovoltaics

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-192

  Cotal, Hector ^a   Fetzer, Chris ^a   Boisvert, Joseph ^a   Kinsey, Geoffrey ^a   King, Richard ^a   Hebert, Peter ^a   Yoon, Hojun ^a   Karam, Nasser ^a  

^a Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTS; ALTERNATE SOURCE; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; LATTICE PARAMETERS; LOW RESISTANCE; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; METAL CONTACTS; METAL GRID; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CONCENTRATOR CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; UTILITY COMPANIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 69249096239     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b809257e     Document Type: Review

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