96/06229 Optimum collector temperature for solar heat engines

• Book ID: 104281421
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Weight: 193 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0140-6701
• DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6701(97)83631-4

✦ Synopsis

The experimental observation of internal uantum efficiencies above unit % in crystalline silicon solar cells has broug t up the question whether the generation of multiple electron/hole pairs has to be taken into consideration also in solar cells based on direct gap amorphous semiconductors.