Rapid and precise calculations of energy and particle flux for detailed-balance photovoltaic applications

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 1400-1405

  Levy, Michael Y ^a   Honsberg, Christiana ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein; Detailed balance; Flux; Photovoltaic; Riemann zeta; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BOSE-EINSTEIN; DETAILED-BALANCE; FLUX; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RIEMANN ZETA;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 33747169044     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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