Germanium-on-glass solar cells

IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 255-257

  Colace, Lorenzo ^a   Sorianello, Vito ^a   Maragliano, Carlo ^a   Assanto, Gaetano ^a   Fulgoni, D ^b   Nash, L ^b   Palmer, M ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Barclays   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

germanium; solar cells; wafer bonding

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL REGROWTH; LAYER TRANSFER; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GERMANIUM; GLASS; PHOTONICS; SOLAR CELLS; WAFER BONDING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 81355136195     PISSN: 19492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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