On the ideal performance of solar cells with larger-than-unity quantum efficiency

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 413-424

  De Vos, Alexis ^a   Desoete, Bart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Impact ionization; Quantum efficiency

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032570390     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00260-2     Document Type: Article

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