Thermodynamics of losses in photovoltaic conversion
This letter presents a thermodynamic analysis of losses in an ideal solar cell. It is shown that the maximum voltage-corresponding to the voltage produced by a hot-carrier solar cell - is equal to the energy of the incident solar photon multiplied by the appropriate Carnot factor. Voltage generated...
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2007-08-06.
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