GaAs and High-Efficiency Space Cells

Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 417-433

  Andreev, Vyacheslav ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GERMANIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACE STATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BAND-GAP VALUES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; HISTORICAL REVIEW; III-V SOLAR CELLS; MINORITY CARRIER; NARROW BAND GAP; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SPACE SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84941796104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-185617390-2/50017-9     Document Type: Chapter

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