Spectral efficiency scaling of performance ratio for multijunction cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 001215-001220

  McDonald, Mark ^a  

^a SolFocus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL FABRICATIONS; CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; FIELD SPECTRA; FIGURE OF MERIT; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; PERFORMANCE RATIO; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR RESOURCES; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL MISMATCH; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

CELLS;

EID: 77951545806     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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