Solar cell efficiency tables (version 12)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-270

  Green, Martin A ^a   Emery, Keith ^b   Bücher, Klaus ^c   King, David L ^d   Igari, Sanekazu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Japan Quality Assurance Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CONCENTRATOR CELLS; ONE-SUN CELLS; TANDEM CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032120640     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199807/08)6:4<265::AID-PIP235>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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