High-performance laterally-arranged multiple-bandgap solar cells using spatially composition-graded CdxPb1-xS nanowires on a single substrate: A design study

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A686-A694

  Caselli, D A ^a   Ning, C Z ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

COMPOSITION-GRADED; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DESIGN STUDIES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SERIES CONNECTIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; SUB-CELLS;

DESIGN;

EID: 79959887155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A686     Document Type: Article

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