Thermodynamic limit of exciton fission solar cell efficiency

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2749-2754

  Tayebjee, Murad J Y ^a   Gray Weale, Angus A ^b   Schmidt, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL KINETIC MODEL; DETAILED BALANCE; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; FISSION PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RELATIVE ENERGIES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; STANDARD CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

BINDING ENERGY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84867156685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301069u     Document Type: Article

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