Wide-gap a-SiC:H solar cells with graded absorption layer for triple cell applications

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yunaz, Ihsanul Afdi ^a   Hashizume, Kenji ^a   Miyajima, Shinsuke ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LAYER; GAP PROFILES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIDE GAP;

SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR CELLS; STAIRS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84879715791     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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