Decoupling spectral overlap of intermediate band solar cells using low-high state filling

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 73-77

  Lin, Albert ^a   Phillips, Jamie ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

intermediate state band; solar cell; spectral overlap; subbandgap photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DETAILED BALANCE; DEVICE STRUCTURES; HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; LOW-HIGH; LOWER ENERGIES; MULTIPHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; STATE-FILLING; TANDEM CELLS; TRIPLE-JUNCTIONS; TWO SECTION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; SCANNING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869383557     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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