First ever full size CdTe luminescent down-shifting module

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1978-1982

  Ross, David ^a   Álonso Alvarez, Diego ^a   Fritsche, Jochen ^b   Bauer, Michael ^b   Debije, Michael G ^c   Fifield, Robert M ^c   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Calyxo GmbH   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cadmium compounds; encapsulation; luminescence; photovoltaic cells; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

CDTE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE; LUMOGEN; PRODUCTION LINE; PV MODULES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ENCAPSULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84869392585     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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