On the use of rau's reciprocity to deduce external radiative efficiency in solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1348-1353

  Wang, Xufeng ^a   Lundstrom, Mark S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; photoluminescence (PL); photovoltaic cells; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

CELL MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; RECIPROCITY RELATIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884675535     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2278658     Document Type: Article

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