An experimental and theoretical study on the temperature dependence of GaAs solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 001610-001614

  Philipps, S P ^a   Hoheisel, R ^a   Gandy, T ^a   Stetter, D ^a   Hermle, M ^a   Dimroth, F ^a   Bett, A W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FRAUNHOFER; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; I - V CURVE; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; SEMICONDUCTOR SIMULATIONS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; THERMOELECTRICITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84861065142     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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