Photovoltaic device physics on the nanoscale

Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-146

  Konig D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT CARRIERS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARRIER EXTRACTION; HOT CARRIER SOLAR CELLS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; MESOSCOPIC SCALE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908037966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420076752     Document Type: Chapter

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