Materials for solar energy conversion: An overview

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 39-48

  Granqvist, Claes G ^a   Wittwer, Volker ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Antireflection; Materials; Microstructures; Solar energy; Thermotropic systems; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

THERMOTROPIC SYSTEMS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0032136818     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00221-3     Document Type: Article

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