Approaching the Shockley-Queisser limit in GaAs solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2117-2121

  Wang, Xufeng ^a   Khan, Mohammad Ryyan ^a   Alam, Muhammad A ^a   Lundstrom, Mark ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallium Arsenide; photovoltaic cells; solar energy; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

DEVICE DESIGN; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; LOSS MECHANISMS; PHOTON RECYCLING; SINGLE JUNCTION; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; THIN-FILM GAAS SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 84869444294     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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