CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier

doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.15

Title: CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier

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Authors:: Burst, James M.; Duenow, Joel N.; Albin, David S.; Colegrove, Eric; Reese, Matthew O.; Aguiar, Jeffery A.; Jiang, Chun Sheng; Patel, M. K.; Al-Jassim, Mowafak M.; Kuciauskas, Darius; Swain, S.; Ablekim, T.; Lynn, K. G.; Metzger, Wyatt K.

Publication Date:: 2016-03-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)

OSTI Identifier:: 1241509

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-64804
Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Nature Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 3; Related Information: Nature Energy; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CdTe; solar cells; voltage

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                    Burst, James M., Duenow, Joel N., Albin, David S., Colegrove, Eric, Reese, Matthew O., Aguiar, Jeffery A., Jiang, Chun Sheng, Patel, M. K., Al-Jassim, Mowafak M., Kuciauskas, Darius, Swain, S., Ablekim, T., Lynn, K. G., and Metzger, Wyatt K. CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
        Web.  doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.15.

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                    Burst, James M., Duenow, Joel N., Albin, David S., Colegrove, Eric, Reese, Matthew O., Aguiar, Jeffery A., Jiang, Chun Sheng, Patel, M. K., Al-Jassim, Mowafak M., Kuciauskas, Darius, Swain, S., Ablekim, T., Lynn, K. G., & Metzger, Wyatt K. CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.15

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                    Burst, James M., Duenow, Joel N., Albin, David S., Colegrove, Eric, Reese, Matthew O., Aguiar, Jeffery A., Jiang, Chun Sheng, Patel, M. K., Al-Jassim, Mowafak M., Kuciauskas, Darius, Swain, S., Ablekim, T., Lynn, K. G., and Metzger, Wyatt K. Tue .  
        "CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.15.

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@article{osti_1241509,

  title        = {CdTe Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Breaking the 1"0V Barrier},

  author       = {Burst, James M. and Duenow, Joel N. and Albin, David S. and Colegrove, Eric and Reese, Matthew O. and Aguiar, Jeffery A. and Jiang, Chun Sheng and Patel, M. K. and Al-Jassim, Mowafak M. and Kuciauskas, Darius and Swain, S. and Ablekim, T. and Lynn, K. G. and Metzger, Wyatt K.},

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  doi          = {10.1038/nenergy.2016.15},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1241509},
  journal      = {Nature Energy},

  issn         = {2058-7546},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 1,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {3}

}

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