Two-terminal metal-inter-connected multijunction III-V solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 593-599

  Lin, Chieh Ting ^a   McMahon, William E ^b   Ward, James S ^b   Geisz, John F ^b   Wanlass, Mark W ^b   Carapella, Jeffrey J ^b   Olavarria, Waldo ^b   Perl, Emmett E ^a   Young, Michelle ^b   Steiner, Myles A ^b   France, Ryan M ^b   Kibbler, Alan E ^b   Duda, Anna ^b   Moriarty, Tom E ^b   Friedman, Daniel J ^b   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrator photovoltaic; device bonding; III V semiconductor; multijunction; photovoltaic cells; thermal compression bond

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ALLOYS; METALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TOPOLOGY;

BONDING INTERFACES; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; FABRICATION PROCESS; JUNCTION DEVICES; MULTI-JUNCTION III-V SOLAR CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; THERMAL COMPRESSIONS;

MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84927569957     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2468     Document Type: Article

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