Singlet Fission: Toward More Efficient Solar Cells

Michl, Josef

doi:10.13128/Substantia-699

Title: Singlet Fission: Toward More Efficient Solar Cells

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A survey is provided of the current status of singlet fission as a tool for bypassing the Shockley-Queisser limit on the efficiency of single junction solar cells.

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Michl, Josef ^[1]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic)

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

OSTI Identifier:: 1688408

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0007004; 19-22806S

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Substantia

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2532-3997

Publisher:: Firenze University Press

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; solar cells; Shockley-Queisser limit; singlet fission; photophysics; solid state packing

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