Detailed balance solar cell efficiency limits for internal fluorescence yield slightly less than 100%

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Miller, Owen ^a   Yablonovitch, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLUORESCENCE; SOLAR ENERGY;

DETAILED BALANCE; FLUORESCENCE YIELD; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85088754784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ose.2010.swd5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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