The impact of luminescent down shifting on the performance of cdte photovoltaics: Impact of the module vintage

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 457-464

  Ross, David ^a   Alonso Álvarez, Diego ^a,b   Klampaftis, Efthymios ^a   Fritsche, Jochen ^c   Bauer, Michael ^c   Debije, Michael G ^d   Fifield, Robert M ^d   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Calyxo GmbH   (Germany)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cadmium compounds; Encapsulation; Luminescence; Photovoltaic (PV) cells; Thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRODUCTION LINE; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ENCAPSULATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84891624694     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2282896     Document Type: Article

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