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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
