Increasing the Efficiency of Ideal Solar Cells by Photon Induced Transitions at Intermediate Levels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 5014-5017

  Luque, Antonio ^a   Martí, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BAND GAP; SHOCKLEY AND QUEISSER MODEL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031164889     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.5014     Document Type: Article

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