Radiative efficiency limits of solar cells with lateral band-gap fluctuations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3735-3737

  Rau, U ^a   Werner, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUXES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

BAND GAP ENERGY; PHOTOGENERATION; POWER CONVERSION; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 2942604978     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1737071     Document Type: Article

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