New module efficiency record: 23.5% under 1-sun illumination using thin-film single-junction GaAs solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3187-3190

  Mattos, Laila S ^a   Scully, Shawn R ^a   Syfu, Maria ^a   Olson, Eric ^a   Yang, Linlin ^a   Ling, Chris ^a   Kayes, Brendan M ^a   He, Gang ^a  

^a Alta Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible electronics; Gallium arsenide; photovoltaic cells; solar energy; solar power generation; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FORM FACTORS; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; MODULE EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR INSTALLATION; SOLAR MATERIALS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84869430064     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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