A solar photovoltaic system with ideal efficiency close to the theoretical limit

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 101, 2012, Pages A28-A38

  Zhao, Yuan ^a,b   Zhou, Wei Xi ^a,c   Shen, Yan ^a,d   Hu, Er Tao ^a,e   Chen, Jian Bo ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Zheng, Yu Xiang ^a   Chen, Liang Yao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855438753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000A28     Document Type: Article

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