Utilization of direct and diffuse sunlight in a dye-sensitized solar cell - Silicon photovoltaic hybrid concentrator system

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-585

  Barber, Greg D ^a   Hoertz, Paul G ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun Anna ^a   Abrams, Neal M ^a   Mikulca, Janine ^a   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a   Liska, Paul ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Ho Baillie, Anita ^c   Green, Martin A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; CLEAR SKY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; OUTDOOR TESTING; OUTPUT POWER; P-N JUNCTION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR MODULE; SYSTEM LEVELS; TANDEM SYSTEM; TEST SYSTEMS; TIO;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79952779281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200112m     Document Type: Article

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