Strain-balanced materials for high-efficiency solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 1273-1276

  Ekins Daukes, N J ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Bushneil, D B ^a   Barnham, K W J ^a   Mazzer, M ^b   Roberts, J S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto Nuovi Materiali per l'Elettronica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LATTICE-MISMATCHED; LIMITING EFFICIENCIES; LOW DEFECT DENSITIES; MATERIAL COMBINATION; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949559498     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2000.916122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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