Solar Cells: A brief history and introduction

Solar Cells and their Applications: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-15

  Fraas, Lewis ^a   Partain, Larry ^b  

^a JX Crystals Inc   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar cells, and efficiency in conversion to solar energy benefiting the world; Solar cells, history and introduction; Solar power arrays on space satellites and PV system types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861760337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470636886.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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