IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v6y1995i3p283-290.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Advanced single crystal III-V solar cell technology and its applications

Author

Listed:
  • Cross, T.A.
  • Huggins, C.R.

Abstract

Solar cells made from III-V single crystal semiconductors currently hold the world record for direct energy conversion efficiency from sunlight into electricity. This is true for both space and terrestrial applications, and for both one sun (flat plate collector) systems and concentration based systems which use lenses or mirrors to focus the light into a smaller collector area. This paper presents an outline of the current (1993) applications of III-Vs in photovoltaic technology, and reviews the principal limiting factors which are preventing the more wide scale exploitation of the exceptionally high performance III-V solar cells demonstrated at a research level. Finally, a discussion of the ultimate prospects for applications in space and in terrestrial systems is presented.

Suggested Citation

  • Cross, T.A. & Huggins, C.R., 1995. "Advanced single crystal III-V solar cell technology and its applications," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 283-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:6:y:1995:i:3:p:283-290
    DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(95)00021-B
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/096014819500021B
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/0960-1481(95)00021-B?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:6:y:1995:i:3:p:283-290. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.