Optimized short-circuit current mismatch in multi-junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-125

  Bonnet Eymard, M ^a   Boccard, M ^a   Bugnon, G ^a   Sculati Meillaud, F ^a   Despeisse, M ^a   Ballif, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Current matching; Current Voltage measurements; Irradiance spectrum; Multi junction photovoltaic devices; Thin film silicon

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MATCHING; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; IRRADIANCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THIN FILM SILICON;

OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84879222261     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.046     Document Type: Article

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