Light-splitting photovoltaic system utilizing two dual-junction solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1975-1978

  Xiong, Kanglin ^a,b   Lu, Shulong ^a   Dong, Jianrong ^a   Zhou, Taofei ^a   Jiang, Desheng ^b   Wang, Rongxin ^a   Yang, Hui ^a,b  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Dual junction; GaInAsP InGaAs; GaInP GaAs; Light splitting

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CURRENT MATCHING; DUAL-JUNCTION; ENERGY BANDGAPS; ENERGY LOSS MECHANISMS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GAAS; GAINASP/INGAAS; GAINP/GAAS; INP SUBSTRATES; LATTICE-MATCHED; LATTICE-MISMATCHED; LIGHT SPLITTING; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY BALANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 78349312536     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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