Evidence for generalized Kirchhoff's law from angle-resolved electroluminescence of high efficiency silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2484-2486

  Ferraioli, L ^a   Maddalena, P ^a   Massera, E ^b   Parretta, A ^b   Green, M A ^c   Wang, A ^c   Zhao, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ENEA CR Portici   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FERMI LEVEL; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PROBABILITY; SILICON;

BAND GAP; INCIDENT LIGHT; KIRCHHOFF'S LAW; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 7544233071     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1795361     Document Type: Article

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