Exfoliated sub-10μm thin germanium for cost-effective germanium based photovoltaic applications

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000271-000273

  Onyegam, E U ^a   Mantey, J ^a   Rao, R A ^b   Mathew, L ^b   Hilali, M ^a   Saha, S ^b   Jawarani, D ^b   Smith, S ^b   Ferrer, D A ^a   Sreenivasan, S V ^a   Banerjee, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AstroWatt Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOW-COST SOLUTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84861040332     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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