Colored ribbons achieve 0.28 abs. efficiency gain

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 494-498

  Hamann, Lars ^a   Prönneke, Liv ^a   Werner, Jürgen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescent color; grid optimization; low cost technology; optical module optimization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EFFICIENCY GAIN; ELECTRICAL LOSS; FLUORESCENT COLORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRID OPTIMIZATION; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; MODULE EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SERIES RESISTANCES; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; ULTRA-VIOLET; WHITE PAINTS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866743909     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2206571     Document Type: Article

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