The effect of photonic bandgap materials on the Shockley-Queisser limit

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Munday, Jeremy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETAILED BALANCE; EFFICIENCY GAIN; ENERGY BANDGAPS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP MATERIALS; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION; REALISTIC MATERIALS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84867068008     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742983     Document Type: Article

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