Exceeding the solar cell Shockley–Queisser limit via thermal up-conversion of low-energy photons

Maximum efficiency of ideal single-junction photovoltaic (PV) cells is limited to 33% (for 1 sun illumination) by intrinsic losses such as band edge thermalization, radiative recombination, and inability to absorb below-bandgap photons. This intrinsic thermodynamic limit, named after Shockley and Qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boriskina, Svetlana V, Chen, Gang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110465
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530