Bandgap optimization of absorber layers in amorphous silicon single and multijunction junction solar cells

Chalcogenide Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-59

  Kabir, M I ^a   Ibarahim, Zahari ^a   Alghoul, M ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a   Karim, Md Rezaul ^b   Amin, Nowshad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Absorber layer; Bandgap; Light intensity and AMPS 1D; Multijunction; Operating temperature; Single junction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855898774     PISSN: 15848663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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