Very high efficiency solar cell modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Barnett, Allen ^a   Kirkpatrick, Douglas ^b   Honsberg, Christiana ^a   Moore, Duncan ^c   Wanlass, Mark ^d   Emery, Keith ^d   Schwartz, Richard ^e   Carlson, Dave ^f   Bowden, Stuart ^g   Aiken, Dan ^h   Gray, Allen ^h   Kurtz, Sarah ^d   Kazmerski, Larry ^d   Steiner, Myles ^d   Gray, Jeffery ^e   Davenport, Tom ⁱ   Buelow, Roger ^j   Takacs, Laszlo ^j   Shatz, Narkis ^k   Bortz, John ^k   Jani, Omkar ^a,l   Goossen, Keith ^a   Kiamilev, Fouad ^a   Doolittle, Alan ^l   Ferguson, Ian ^l   Unger, Blair ^c   Schmidt, Greg ^c   Christensen, Erie ^c   Salzman, David ^m   more..

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BP Solar ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^h EMCORE Corporation   (United States)

ⁱ OPTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^j Energy Focus Inc   (United States)

^k SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^l GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m LightSpin Technology   (United States)

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Author keywords

High performance; Module architecture; Solar cell efficiency

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTEGRATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

DESIGN SPACES; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED OPTICAL SYSTEMS; MODULE ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL EFFICIENCIES; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; PV MODULES; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SOLAR CELL DESIGNS; SOLAR CELL DEVICES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL MODULES;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 58249113825     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.852     Document Type: Article

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