Optically enhanced photon recycling in mechanically stacked multijunction solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 358-365

  Steiner, Myles A ^a   Geisz, John F ^a   Ward, J Scott ^a   Garcia, Ivan ^a,b   Friedman, Daniel J ^a   King, Richard R ^c,d   Chiu, Philip T ^c   France, Ryan M ^a   Duda, Anna ^a   Olavarria, Waldo J ^a   Young, Michelle ^a   Kurtz, Sarah R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^c Boeing Spectrolab   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

III V solar cell; Luminescent coupling; mechanical stack; multijunction solar cell; photon recycling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LIGHT; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

BAND EDGE LUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATOR CELLS; GAAS SUBSTRATES; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL MODELING; PHOTON RECYCLING; SELECTIVE REFLECTORS; SERIES RESISTANCES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84946944134     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2494690     Document Type: Article

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