Theoretical limits for visibly transparent photovoltaics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lunt, Richard R ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DISPLAY; MOLECULAR SEMICONDUCTORS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THERMAL LOSS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84864459623     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4738896     Document Type: Article

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