Statistical thermodynamic foundation for photovoltaic and photothermal conversion III: Application to hybrid solar converters

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3692-3699

  Badescu, Viorel ^a   Landsberg, Peter T ^b   De Vos, Alexis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0005938690     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.365490     Document Type: Article

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