Characterizing thermophotovoltaic cells

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Emery, Keith ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0038192432     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/18/5/313     Document Type: Article

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