Voltage recovery in intermediate band solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 240-244

  Linares, Pablo G ^a   Martí, Antonio ^a   Antolín, Elisa ^a   Farmer, Corrie D ^b   Ramiro, Íñigo ^a   Stanley, Colin R ^c   Luque, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b Kelvin Nanotechnology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrated light; Intermediate band; Quantum dots; Recombination; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROCESS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; HARMFUL EFFECTS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURES; QUANTUM DOT; RECOMBINATION; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VOLTAGE RECOVERY;

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855311075     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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