Analytical drift-diffusion modeling of GaAs solar cells incorporating a back mirror

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1063-1068

  Lumb, Matthew P ^a,b   Bailey, Christopher G ^a   Adams, Jessica G J ^c   Hillier, Glen ^c   Tuminello, Francis ^c   Elarde, Victor C ^c   Walters, Robert J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MicroLink Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cells; Reflection; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MIRRORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

BACK MIRRORS; BACK REFLECTORS; DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; HOMOJUNCTION; METAL MIRROR; OPTICAL GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896452478     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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