Measuring IV curves and subcell photocurrents in the presence of luminescent coupling

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue PART 2, 2012, Pages

  Steiner, Myles A ^a   Geisz, John F ^a   Moriarty, Tom E ^a   France, Ryan M ^a   McMahon, William E ^a   Olson, Jerry M ^a   Kurtz, Sarah R ^a   Friedman, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

IV curve; luminescent coupling; multijunction solar cell; photocurrent; radiative recombination

Indexed keywords

COUPLING CURRENTS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; I - V CURVE; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; REFERENCE SPECTRUM; WHITE LIGHT SOURCES;

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84891068525     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC-Vol2.2013.6656785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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