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Overview
- Solar cell
- Fraunhofer ISE
- Reflectance
- Thermodynamic efficiency Thermodynamic efficiency limit
- Charge carrier separation Theory of solar cells
- Conduction Thermal conduction
- Quantum efficiency
- Open-circuit voltage
- § Fill factor Solar-cell efficiency
- Frequencies of light Electromagnetic spectrum
- Ultraviolet
- Visible Light
- Infrared
- Sunlight
History
- Multi-junction Multi-junction solar cell
- Concentrator Concentrator photovoltaics
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Germanium
Factors affecting energy efficiency
- Energy conversion efficiency
- William Shockley
- Hans Queisser
- Shockley–Queisser limit
- Carnot heat engine
- Blackbody radiation
- P–n junction
- Phonon
- Band gap
- Recombine Carrier generation and recombination
- Silicon
- Voltages Voltage
- Currents Current (electricity)
- Short circuit
- Maximum power Maximum power theorem
- Photovoltaic
- Maximum power point tracker
- Current Electric current
- Shunt resistances Shunt (electrical)
- Series resistance Equivalent series resistance
Measurement
- DC Direct current
- Watts Watt
- Capacity factor
- Latitude
- United Kingdom
- Spain
Other factors affecting output
- Insolation Solar irradiance
- KWh Kilowatt-hour
Comparison
- IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
- Irradiance
- Airmass
- Watt-peak
- Air Mass Air mass (solar energy)
- Silicon heterojunction cell Heterojunction solar cell
- Thin-film Thin-film solar cell
- EROI Energy returned on energy invested
- Crystalline silicon
Technical methods of improving efficiency
- Silver
- Gold
- Aluminium
- Silica Silicon dioxide
- Thermal black body Black body
- Surface passivation
- Silica
- Aluminium oxide
- Silicon nitride
- Cz-Si Czochralski process
- Molybdenum
- Photolithography
- Thin film
- Perovskite
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| Solar-cell efficiency | is a | portion of energy in sunlight that is converted into electricity by a solar cell | 0.90 | text |
| transmission | instance of | quantum efficiency of a silicon solar cell includes the effect of optical losses | 0.80 | text |
| reflection | instance of | quantum efficiency of a silicon solar cell includes the effect of optical losses | 0.80 | text |
| gallium arsenide or indium selenide produced at low volume might well cost one hundred times as much as an 8 | instance of | efficient multijunction cell based on exotic materials | 0.80 | text |
| indium tin oxide | instance of | films with high transmittance and high electrical conductance | 0.80 | text |
| conducting polymers or conducting nanowire networks are used for the purpose | instance of | films with high transmittance and high electrical conductance | 0.80 | text |
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