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Title: Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50)

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 January 2017 are reviewed.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia
  2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Research Center for Photovoltaics (RCPV) Central 2, Umezono 1‐1‐1, Ibaraki Tsukuba 305‐8568 Japan
  3. Department: Characterisation and Simulation/CalLab Cells Fraunhofer‐Institute for Solar Energy Systems Heidenhofstr. 2 Freiburg D‐79110 Germany
  4. European Commission—Joint Research Centre Directorate C—Energy, Transport and Climate Via E. Fermi 2749 Ispra IT‐21027 VA Italy
  5. National Renewable Energy Laboratory 15013 Denver West Parkway Golden CO 80401 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1401551
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: 25 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1062-7995
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Green, Martin A., Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, Dunlop, Ewan D., Levi, Dean H., Hohl‐Ebinger, Jochen, and Ho‐Baillie, Anita W. H. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50). United Kingdom: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/pip.2909.
Green, Martin A., Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, Dunlop, Ewan D., Levi, Dean H., Hohl‐Ebinger, Jochen, & Ho‐Baillie, Anita W. H. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50). United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2909
Green, Martin A., Hishikawa, Yoshihiro, Warta, Wilhelm, Dunlop, Ewan D., Levi, Dean H., Hohl‐Ebinger, Jochen, and Ho‐Baillie, Anita W. H. Wed . "Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50)". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2909.
@article{osti_1401551,
title = {Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50)},
author = {Green, Martin A. and Hishikawa, Yoshihiro and Warta, Wilhelm and Dunlop, Ewan D. and Levi, Dean H. and Hohl‐Ebinger, Jochen and Ho‐Baillie, Anita W. H.},
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 January 2017 are reviewed.},
doi = {10.1002/pip.2909},
journal = {Progress in Photovoltaics},
number = 7,
volume = 25,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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