Performance of luminescence down shifting for CdTe solar cells as a function of the incident solar spectrum

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2504-2508

  Álonso Alvarez, Diego ^a   Ross, David ^a   McIntosh, Keith R ^b   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PV Lighthouse   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CDS/CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MODULE EFFICIENCY; PHOTON ENERGY; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; THIN FILM DEVICES;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84869426059     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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