Making solar cells a reality in every home: Opportunities and challenges for photovoltaic device design

IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 129-144

  Singh, Rajendra ^a   Alapatt, Githin Francis ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Multi terminal multi junction architecture; Nano silicon; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ARCHITECTURE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EXCITONS; INDIUM; MANUFACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MULTI-JUNCTIONS; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATIONS; NANO-SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84901798015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21686734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2013.2280887     Document Type: Article

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