Metal pillar interconnection topology for bonded two-terminal multijunction III-V solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 868-872

  McMahon, W E ^a   Lin, C T ^b   Ward, J S ^a   Geisz, J F ^a   Wanlass, M W ^a   Carapella, J J ^a   Olavarria W ^a   Young, M ^a   Steiner, M A ^a   France, R M ^a   Kibbler, A E ^a   Duda, A ^a   Olson, J M ^a   Perl, E E ^b   Friedman, D J ^a   Bowers, J E ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding processes; III V semiconductor materials; optimization; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

BONDING PROCESS; ELECTRICAL LOSS; INTERCONNECTION TOPOLOGIES; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION III-V SOLAR CELLS; POWER-LOSSES; TWO TERMINALS;

OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875600080     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2234208     Document Type: Article

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