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Photovoltaic Efficiency

Photovoltaic Efficiency is the ratio of electrical power output to incident solar power input, expressed as a percentage, that quantifies the effectiveness of a photovoltaic device in converting sunlight into usable electricity.

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3.3K

Variants

Solar Cell Efficiency

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Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of<i>p-n</i>Junction Solar Cells

W. Shockley, H. J. Queisser · Journal of Applied Physics · 1961 · 12.9K citations

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Two-layer organic photovoltaic cell

C. W. Tang · Applied Physics Letters · 1986 · 4.9K citations

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Plastic Solar Cells

Christoph J. Brabec, Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, J.C. Hummelen · Advanced Functional Materials · 2001 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

Zhicai He, Chengmei Zhong, Shi‐Jian Su et al. · Nature Photonics · 2012 · 3.7K citations

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Polymer‐Fullerene Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells

Gilles Dennler, Markus C. Scharber, Christoph J. Brabec · Advanced Materials · 2009 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

27K

  1. MA
    Martin A. Green

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    114 publications · 30.1K citations

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  2. JH
    Jianhui Hou

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    75 publications · 17K citations

    50

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  3. YL
    Yongfang Li

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    109 publications · 11K citations

    50

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  4. MG
    Michaël Grätzel

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    58 publications · 14.9K citations

    48

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  5. KE
    Keith Emery

    National Laboratory of the Rockies, United States

    75 publications · 14.1K citations

    41

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Institutions

4K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    98 h-index

    2.3K publications

    219.7K citations

  2. National Laboratory of the Rockies

    Golden, United States

    77 h-index

    535 publications

    107.4K citations

  3. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences

    Beijing, China

    72 h-index

    993 publications

    150.5K citations

  4. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    66 h-index

    325 publications

    57.7K citations

  5. Institute of Chemistry

    Beijing, China

    64 h-index

    863 publications

    91.1K citations

  6. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    61 h-index

    460 publications

    118.9K citations

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    57 h-index

    596 publications

    73.8K citations

  8. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    56 h-index

    267 publications

    45.3K citations

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  1. Solar Energy

    278 publications · 20.2K citations

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  3. Advanced Materials

    97 publications · 23K citations

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  4. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

    246 publications · 16.3K citations

    67

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  5. Advanced Functional Materials

    102 publications · 16.5K citations

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