Updated assessment of possibilities and limits for solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1622-1628

  Nayak, Pabitra K ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

bandgap state; kesterites; perovskites; photovoltaic; Shockley Queisser

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; BANDGAP STATE; KESTERITES; MATERIALS RESEARCH; MODULE PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896693990     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304620     Document Type: Article

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