Hot carrier solar cells: Achievable efficiency accounting for heat losses in the absorber and through contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Le Bris, A ^a   Guillemoles, J F ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER EXTRACTION; IMPROVED MODELS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SINGLE JUNCTION; THERMALIZATION;

HOT CARRIERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 77956866686     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3489405     Document Type: Article

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