Solar conversion efficiency of photovoltaic and photoelectrolysis cells with carrier multiplication absorbers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hanna, M C ^a   Nozik, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FREE ENERGY; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS CELLS; SINGLET FISSION (SF); WATER PHOTOELECTROLYSIS;

ABSORPTION; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33750029921     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2356795     Document Type: Article

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