Compact spectrum splitting photovoltaic module with high efficiency

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-360

  McCambridge, James D ^a   Steiner, Myles A ^b   Unger, Blair L ^c   Emery, Keith A ^b   Christensen, Eric L ^c   Wanlass, Mark W ^b   Gray, Allen L ^d,h   Takacs, Laszlo ^e   Buelow, Roger ^e   McCollum, Timothy A ^e,i   Ashmead, James W ^a   Schmidt, Greg R ^c   Haas, Alex W ^f   Wilcox, John R ^f   Van Meter, James ^e   Gray, Jeffery L ^f   Moore, Duncan T ^c   Barnett, Allen M ^g   Schwartz, Richard J ^f  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d EMCORE Corporation   (United States)

^e Energy Focus Inc   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^h Semprius   (United States)

ⁱ Hagerstown Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

high efficiency; moderate concentration; multijunction; photovoltaic; spectrum splitting

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; MULTIJUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SPECTRUM SPLITTING;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 79953654032     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1030     Document Type: Article

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