A 15.2% AM0/1433 W/KG thin-film CU(IN,GA)SE2 solar cell for space applications

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 1042-1045

  Turtle, John R ^a   Szalaj, Aaron ^a   Keane, James ^b  

^a DayStar Technologies   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THIN FILMS;

CELL DESIGN; CELL PERFORMANCE; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; LIGHTWEIGHT METALS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIFIC POWER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949549119     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.916065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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