Solar cell efficiency tables (version 25)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-54

  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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Energy conversion efficiency; Photovoltaic efficiency; Solar cell efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 13244295491     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.598     Document Type: Review

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