Impact of the Thomson effect on concentrating photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1421-1425

  Ari, Nimrod ^a   Kribus, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentrating photovoltaics; Conversion efficiency; Thomson Effect; Triple junction cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; INCIDENT RADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SERIES RESISTANCES; THOMSON EFFECTS; TRIPLE JUNCTION CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 77953139175     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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