Tandem quantum well solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Browne, Ben ^a   Ioannides, Andreas ^a   Connolly, James ^a   Barnham, Keith ^a   Roberts, John ^b   Airey, Robert ^b   Hill, Geoffrey ^b   Smekens, Guy ^c   Van Begin, Jose ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK   (United Kingdom)

^c Energies Nouvelles et Envinronment   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; BAND GAP ENGINEERING; NANO-STRUCTURED; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES; STRAIN-BALANCED; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84879712424     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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