Improved model for solar cells with down-conversion and down-shifting of high-energy photons

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-352

  Badescu, Viorel ^a   De Vos, Alexis ^b   Mihaela Badescu, Alina ^a   Szymanska, Aleksandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS;

DOWN-CONVERTER SYSTEMS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; REAR CONVERTER SYSTEMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33947647368     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/2/009     Document Type: Article

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