Field performance evaluation and modelling of spectrally tuned quantum-well solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000534-000537

  Norton, Matthew ^a   Dobbin, Alison ^b   Phinikarides, Alexander ^a   Tibbits, Tom ^b   Georghiou, George E ^a   Chonavel, Sylvain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b QuantaSol Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Whitfield Solar Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CELL DESIGN; CELL PERFORMANCE; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; CURRENT MATCHING; CURRENT MISMATCH; EARTH'S SURFACE; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FIELD PERFORMANCE; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; IRRADIATION SPECTRA; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTIQUANTUM WELLS; NATURAL VARIATION; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; OUTDOOR TESTING; P-N JUNCTION; QUANTUM-WELL SOLAR CELLS; SIMULATED SPECTRA; SOLAR CELL DESIGN; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR TRACKER; SPECTRAL CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TRIPLE JUNCTION CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN; IRRADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CELL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84861076068     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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