Quadruple-junction thin-film silicon-based solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Si, Fai Tong ^a   Kim, Do Yun ^a   Santbergen, Rudi ^a   Tan, Hairen ^a   Van Swaaij, René A C M M ^a   Smets, Arno H M ^a   Isabella, Olindo ^a   Zeman, Miro ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL DESIGN; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

CURRENT MATCHING; HIGH VOLTAGE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SILICON-BASED; SPECTRAL UTILIZATION; SUPERSTRATES; THIN FILM SILICON;

SILICON;

EID: 84908436994     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4892890     Document Type: Article

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