Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50)

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 668-676

  Green, Martin A ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Warta, Wilhelm ^c   Dunlop, Ewan D ^d   Levi, Dean H ^e   Hohl Ebinger, Jochen ^c   Ho Baillie, Anita W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy conversion efficiency; photovoltaic efficiency; solar cell efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85021096605     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2909     Document Type: Article

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