Increased short-circuit current density of production line CdTe mini-module through luminescent down-shifting

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-16

  Ross, David ^a   Klampaftis, Efthymios ^a   Fritsche, Jochen ^b   Bauer, Michael ^b   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Calyxo GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride (CdTe); Down shifting; Luminescent materials; Photovoltaics; Spectral conversion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BLUE LIGHT; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DOWN-SHIFTING; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; LUMOGEN; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTION LINE; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SPECTRAL CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84860320321     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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