Solar cell efficiency tables (version 43)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Green, Martin A ^a   Emery, Keith ^b   Hishikawa, Yoshihiro ^c   Warta, Wilhelm ^d   Dunlop, Ewan D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

energy conversion efficiency; photovoltaic efficiency; solar cell efficiency

Indexed keywords

PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84890528891     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2452     Document Type: Article

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