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High-temperature solar cell for concentrated solar-power hybrid systems

Yang et al., 2013

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8245902415572097675
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Yang Y
Yang W
Tang W
Sun C
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Applied Physics Letters

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A high-temperature solar cell is proposed that harvests solar energy at elevated temperatures. Carrier separation is achieved by selective contacts that preferentially extract electrons or holes. The theoretical conversion efficiency of the proposed device is 38.6% at …
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