Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 16)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-383

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

^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)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CONCENTRATOR MODULES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0034224208     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-159X(200007/08)8:4<377::AID-PIP339>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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