Hot carrier solar cells operating under practical conditions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Takeda, Yasuhiko ^a   Ito, Tadashi ^a   Motohiro, Tomoyoshi ^a   König, Dirk ^b   Shrestha, Santosh ^b   Conibeer, Gavin ^b  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DENSITIES; CARRIER TEMPERATURES; DOMINANT PROCESS; ELECTRON MASS; EXTERNAL CIRCUITS; PHOTO GENERATIONS; PHOTO-GENERATED CARRIERS; THERMALIZATION; THREE CHANNELS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; HEAT FLUX; HOT CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 65249126329     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086447     Document Type: Article

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