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Recombination Losses

Recombination Losses is a photovoltaic phenomenon representing the undesirable annihilation of photo-generated charge carriers—electrons and holes—before their collection at electrodes, thereby reducing the overall energy conversion efficiency of a solar cell.

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40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells

Richard R. King, D. C. Law, K. Edmondson et al. · Applied Physics Letters · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Achievement of More Than 25% Conversion Efficiency With Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell

K. Masuko, Masato Shigematsu, Taiki Hashiguchi et al. · IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2014 · 1.2K citations

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24.7% Record Efficiency HIT Solar Cell on Thin Silicon Wafer

Mikio Taguchi, Ayumu Yano, Satoshi Tohoda et al. · IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2013 · 1.1K citations

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Control of Charge Recombination Dynamics in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by the Use of Conformally Deposited Metal Oxide Blocking Layers

Emilio Palomares, John N. Clifford, Saif A. Haque et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Reassessment of the Limiting Efficiency for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Armin Richter, Martin Hermle, Stefan W. Glunz · IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2013 · 1K citations

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    James R. Durrant

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

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    Dieter Neher

    University of Potsdam, Germany

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    Martin Stolterfoht

    University of Potsdam, Germany

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    Christoph J. Brabec

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

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    Stefan W. Glunz

    Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany

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  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

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  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

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  3. National Laboratory of the Rockies

    Golden, United States

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    169 publications

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  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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    259 publications

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  5. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

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  6. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

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  7. University of Potsdam

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  4. Applied Physics Letters

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