Solar cell efficiency tables (version 27)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Green, Martin A ^a   Emery, Keith ^b   King, David L ^c   Hisikawa, Yoshihiro ^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

ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 31344435931     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.686     Document Type: Review

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