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The Shockley-Queisser paper - A notable example of a scientific sleeping beauty.
- Source :
- Annalen der Physik; Jul2014, Vol. 526 Issue 5/6, pA41-A45, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The article discusses a paper by physicists William B. Shockley and Hans-Joachim Queisser that was published in the "Journal of Applied Physics" in 1961. The paper discussed a fundamental limit on the conversion of sunlight into electrical current. It mentions that the "Shockley-Queisser limit" describes the limited efficiency of solar cells based on absorption and reemission processes.
- Subjects :
- SOLAR energy conversion
SUNSHINE
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICISTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00033804
- Volume :
- 526
- Issue :
- 5/6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annalen der Physik
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97055248
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201400806