Effect of Absorption Coefficients in Upper Efficiency Limit of Intermediate Band Solar Cells

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Mohammad Ershadi ¹

1 - Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Faculty of Skills and Entrepreneurship

Received: 2023-02-05 Accepted : 2023-04-13 Published : 2023-09-01

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