Improving solar cell efficiencies by down-conversion of high-energy photons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1668-1674

  Trupke, T ^a   Green, M A ^a   Wurfel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETAILED BALANCE; DOWNCONVERSION; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIR GENERATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; LOSS MECHANISMS; LOW ENERGIES; LOWER ENERGIES; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; THERMALIZATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0036677427     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1492021     Document Type: Article

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