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Thermodynamic Efficiency Limits for Optically Boosted Planar Solar Cells

Y. Feng*, S. Shrestha, S. Huang, and G. Conibeer

  • School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia

  • *yu.feng@unsw.edu.au

Phys. Rev. Applied 2, 044010 – Published 17 October, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.2.044010

Abstract

Recent attempts have been made to convert the broadband solar spectrum into filtered light, for the purpose of boosting the efficiency of a planar solar cell. By developing a thermodynamic model, the rigorous efficiency limits of the optically boosted solar cells are presented, which are achievable in principle with a piecewise function of the front emissivity or the energy-redistribution lifetime.

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