Photon ratchet intermediate band solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Yoshida, M ^a   Ekins Daukes, N J ^a   Farrell, D J ^a,b   Phillips, C C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY GENERATION; INTERMEDIATE STATE; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; PHOTONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84863326422     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4731277     Document Type: Article

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