High efficiency thin-film solar cells

Green

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Schock, Hans Werner ^a  

^a Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound semiconductors; Efficiency; Production; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899815213     PISSN: 1869876X     EISSN: 18698778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/green-2012-0009     Document Type: Review

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