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Investigation of multi-junction solar cells using electrostatic force microscopy methods

Moczała et al., 2014

Document ID
8419280214384084128
Author
Moczała M
Sosa N
Topol A
Gotszalk T
Publication year
Publication venue
Ultramicroscopy

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Multi-junction III–V solar cells are designed to have a much broader absorption of the solar spectrum than Si-based or single junctions, thus yield the highest conversion. The conversion efficiency can be further scaled with sun concentration. The ability of high …
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