• DocumentCode
    1317279
  • Title

    Photovoltaics IV: Advanced materials: Both polycrystalline and tandem cells promise higher efficiencies than silicon

  • Author

    Loferski, Joseph J.

  • Author_Institution
    Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    Compound semiconductors are attractive materials for solar cells for two big reasons: They can be made into devices by low-cost processes, and they offer a wide range of energy band gaps that can lead to “super-high-efficiency” cells.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1980.6330260
  • Filename
    6330260