Upconversion

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 533-548

  Schmidt, T W ^a   Tayebjee, M J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency limit; Solar cells; Triplet triplet annihilation; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919698689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00130-X     Document Type: Chapter

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