Solar cell as a heat engine: Energy-entropy analysis of photovoltaic conversion

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2752-2756

  Markvart, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS; CONVERSION PROCESSES; ENERGY CONVERTERS; ENTROPY ANALYSES; ENTROPY GENERATIONS; INCIDENT RADIATIONS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSIONS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; SINGLE PHOTONS;

ENTROPY; GAS ABSORPTION; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 57349097211     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200880460     Document Type: Article

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