Efficiency enhancement of ideal photovoltaic solar cells by photonic excitations in multi-intermediate band structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 770-772

  Peng, R W ^a   Mazzer, M ^b   Barnham, K W J ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University Campus   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHOTONIC EXCITATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0042513721     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1592881     Document Type: Article

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