Overcoming the bandgap limitation on solar cell materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Niv, A ^a   Abrams, Z R ^a   Gharghi, M ^a   Gladden, C ^a   Zhang, X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDGAP MATERIALS; DETAILED BALANCE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; LOWER ENERGIES; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; SELECTIVE REFLECTORS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84863231375     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3682101     Document Type: Article

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