New Materials: Semiconductors for Solar Cells

Handbook of Semiconductor Technology: Electronic Structure and Properties of Semiconductors

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 715-769

  Möller, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic materials; Polycrystalline thin film; Semiconductors; Solar cells; Solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84948952843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527621842.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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