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Absorption and emission are combined in a detailed-balance calculation that constrains ideal p-n junction conversion as band gap and radiative recombination vary.
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Absorption and emission are combined in a detailed-balance calculation that constrains ideal p-n junction conversion as band gap and radiative recombination vary. The abstract assumes blackbody sun and cell temperatures of 6000 K and 300 K and an ideal radiative limit. This is not a universal ceiling for every photovoltaic design or a measured device efficiency.
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- William Shockley · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
- Hans J. Queisser · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
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