High-efficiency organic solar concentrators for photovoltaics

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5886, 2008, Pages 226-228

  Currie, Michael J ^a   Mapel, Jonathan K ^a   Heidel, Timothy D ^a   Goffri, Shalom ^a   Baldo, Marc A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVAPORATION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLVATION;

EID: 47249103484     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1158342     Document Type: Article

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