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  2. Shockley–Queisser limit - Wikipedia

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    The ShockleyQueisser limit, zoomed in near the region of peak efficiency. In a traditional solid-state semiconductor such as silicon, a solar cell is made from two doped crystals, one an n-type semiconductor, which has extra free electrons, and the other a p-type semiconductor, which is lacking free electrons, referred to as "holes."

  3. Thermodynamic efficiency limit - Wikipedia

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    The Shockley-Queisser limit for the efficiency of a single-junction solar cell under unconcentrated sunlight. This calculated curve uses actual solar spectrum data, and therefore the curve is wiggly from IR absorption bands in the atmosphere. This efficiency limit of about 34% can be exceeded by multijunction solar cells.

  4. Multi-junction solar cell - Wikipedia

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    The theoretical performance of a solar cell was first studied in depth in the 1960s, and is today known as the ShockleyQueisser limit. The limit describes several loss mechanisms that are inherent to any solar cell design. The first are the losses due to blackbody radiation, a loss mechanism that affects any material object above absolute zero.

  5. Solar-cell efficiency - Wikipedia

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    The ShockleyQueisser limit for the efficiency of a single-junction solar cell under unconcentrated sunlight at 273 K. This calculated curve uses actual solar spectrum data, and therefore the curve is wiggly from IR absorption bands in the atmosphere. This efficiency limit of ~34% can be exceeded by multijunction solar cells.

  6. Third-generation photovoltaic cell - Wikipedia

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    According to the ShockleyQueisser limit, the majority of a cell's theoretical efficiency is due to the difference in energy between the bandgap and solar photon. Any photon with more energy than the bandgap can cause photoexcitation, but any energy above the bandgap energy is lost.

  7. Talk:Shockley–Queisser limit - Wikipedia

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    The numbers are normally not similar as you suggest. But in any case, f c cannot be more than 1, and the upper limit (the Shockley-Queisser limit) requires taking f c = 1. Eric Kvaalen 19:05, 6 September 2016 (UTC) Yes, virtually all above-gap photons come from recombination, but not all recombinations create above-bandgap photons.

  8. Intermediate band photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate band photovoltaics in solar cell research provides methods for exceeding the ShockleyQueisser limit on the efficiency of a cell. It introduces an intermediate band (IB) energy level in between the valence and conduction bands.

  9. Quantum dot solar cell - Wikipedia

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    The band gap (1.34 eV) of an ideal single-junction cell is close to that of silicon (1.1 eV), one of the many reasons that silicon dominates the market. However, silicon's efficiency is limited to about 30% (ShockleyQueisser limit). It is possible to improve on a single-junction cell by vertically stacking cells with different bandgaps ...