Numerical simulation of tunnel diodes and multi-junction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hermle, Martin ^a   Philipps, Simon P ^a   Létay, Gergö ^b   Bett, Andreas W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b SYNOPSYS SWITZERLAND LLC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL-JUNCTION; DUAL-JUNCTION CELLS; ESAKI TUNNELS; I - V CURVE; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NONLOCALITIES; TUNNEL MODEL; TUNNELING PROCESS;

NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; TUNNEL DIODES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84879722993     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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