Solar cell efficiency tables (version 47)
Abstract
Abstract Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are outlined, and new entries since July 2015 are reviewed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Authors:
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory 15013 Denver West Parkway Golden CO 80401 USA
- Research Center for Photovoltaics (RCPV) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Central 2, Umezono 1‐1‐1 Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8568 Japan
- Characterisation and Simulation/CalLab Cells Fraunhofer‐Institute for Solar Energy Systems Heidenhofstr. 2, D‐79110 Freiburg Germany
- Renewable Energy Unit, Institute for Energy European Commission–Joint Research Centre Via E. Fermi 2749 IT‐21027 Ispra VA Italy
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- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1400942
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE‐AC36‐08‐GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Progress in Photovoltaics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Progress in Photovoltaics Journal Volume: 24 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1062-7995
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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Green, Martin A., Emery, Keith, Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, and Dunlop, Ewan D. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 47). United Kingdom: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1002/pip.2728.
Green, Martin A., Emery, Keith, Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, & Dunlop, Ewan D. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 47). United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2728
Green, Martin A., Emery, Keith, Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, and Dunlop, Ewan D. Tue .
"Solar cell efficiency tables (version 47)". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2728.
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abstractNote = {Abstract Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are outlined, and new entries since July 2015 are reviewed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.},
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year = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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