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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2014, Article ID 410717, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/410717
Research Article

Damp-Heat Induced Performance Degradation for InGaP/GaAs/Ge Triple-Junction Solar Cell

Hwen-Fen Hong,1 Tsung-Shiew Huang,1 Wu-Yih Uen,2 and Yen-Yeh Chen3

1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
2Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli 32023, Taiwan
3Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, 1000 Wenhua Road, Jiaan Village, Longtan, Taoyuan 32546, Taiwan

Received 23 December 2013; Revised 8 January 2014; Accepted 10 January 2014; Published 24 April 2014

Academic Editor: Ting-Jen Hsueh

Copyright © 2014 Hwen-Fen Hong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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