The Present Status of Silicon Solar Cells
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IRE Transactions on Military Electronics
- Vol. MIL-6 (1) , 5-14
- https://doi.org/10.1109/iret-mil.1962.5008391
Abstract
The present state of the art of silicon solar cells is described. The physical properties, circuit performance, and current lines of research are summarized. Silicon is seen to be competitive in several of the newer approaches to solar cell improvement.Keywords
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