High efficiency multijunction photovoltaic development

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 11931-11940

  Wilt, David ^a   Stan, Mark ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EMCORE Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELEMENTAL SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; LATTICE-MATCHED; MATERIALS QUALITY; METAMORPHIC DEVICES; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUB-CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866414235     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3012616     Document Type: Article

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