Strong internal and external luminescence as solar cells approach the Shockley-Queisser limit

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-311

  Miller, Owen D ^a,b   Yablonovitch, Eli ^a,b   Kurtz, Sarah R ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

External luminescence; GaAs; Shockley Queisser (SQ) limit; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS AND HOLES; GAAS; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; OPEN CIRCUITS; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER (SQ) LIMIT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84865266413     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2198434     Document Type: Article

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