Proposed monolithic triple-junction solar cell structures with the potential for ultrahigh efficiencies using II-VI alloys and silicon substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Xu, Dong ^a   Biegala, Tom ^a   Carmody, Michael ^a   Garland, James W ^a   Grein, Christoph ^a   Sivananthan, Sivalingam ^a  

^a EPIR TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; HOMO-JUNCTIONS; JUNCTION CELLS; LINE EFFICIENCY; MULTIJUNCTION; SILICON SUBSTRATES; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

GERMANIUM; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77249133697     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3309410     Document Type: Article

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