Efficiency of photon enhanced thermionic emission solar converters

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-130

  Segev, Gideon ^a   Rosenwaks, Yossi ^a   Kribus, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

PETE; Thermionic emission

Indexed keywords

CARRIER EXCITATION; CATHODE TEMPERATURE; CONVERTER EFFICIENCY; DECREASING FUNCTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; MODIFIED MODEL; NOVEL CONCEPT; OPERATING POINTS; PETE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SOLAR CONVERTERS;

CATHODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; PHOTONS;

THERMIONIC EMISSION;

EID: 84865656802     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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