High external quantum efficiency from double heterostructure layers as selective emitters in thermophotonic systems

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 59-62

  Lin, Kuolung ^a   Catchpole, Kylie R ^a   Trupke, Thorsten ^a   Campbell, Patrick ^a   Green, Martin A ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a   Corkish, Richard ^a   Bett, Andreas W ^b   Dimroth, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (EQE); INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (IQE); THERMOPHOTONIC SYSTEMS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS (TPV);

ELECTRICITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RAY TRACING; TRANSPARENCY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 6344270099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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