Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 15)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-195

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Japan Quality Assurance Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0033885635     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(200001/02)8:1<187::AID-PIP313>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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