The last development in III-V multi-junction solar cells

2009 Second ISECS International Colloquium on Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, CCCM 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 373-378

  Al Naser, Qusay Assim Hanna ^a   Hilou, Hassan W ^b   Abdulkader, Abbas F ^a  

^a University of Technology   (Austria)

^b Almamoon University College   (Iraq)

Author keywords

III V compounds; Multi junction solar cell; Photovoltaic technology

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BOTTOM LAYERS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ENERGETIC PHOTONS; EQUAL ENERGY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V COMPOUNDS; III-V MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT RADIATION; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; UPPER LAYER;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENERGY GAP; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 70449720937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCCM.2009.5268104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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