The Limiting Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells under Concentrated Sunlight

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 234-239

  Campbell, Patrick ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHT; ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTRINSIC LIMITS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0022670713     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1986.22472     Document Type: Article

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