The Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer
Paul Preuss, Berkeley Lab Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different energies, and no single semiconductor has a band gap that can respond to sunlight’s full range, from low-energy infrared through visible light to high-energy ultraviolet. Although full-spectrum solar cells have been …
Published Jan 26, 2011.
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