• DocumentCode
    1649126
  • Title

    The opto-electronics which broke the efficiency record in solar cells

  • Author

    Yablonovitch, Eli ; Miller, Owen D.

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. Sci. Div., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    As solar cells exceed 25% efficiency, photon management becomes far more important than electronic properties. Surprisingly, maximizing external fluorescence increases efficiency, the key behind the recent single-junction efficiency record of 28.4%.
  • Keywords
    fluorescence; optoelectronic devices; solar cells; efficiency 28.4 percent; electronic properties; fluorescence; opto-electronics; photon management; single-junction efficiency record; solar cells; Fluorescence; Gallium arsenide; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325490
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1649126