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Third Generation PV Technologies

Course subject(s) 6. Third Generation PV and other ways to utilize

In this video Prof. Arno Smets talks about the third generation solar cells, which were able to surpass the Shockley-Queisser limit. He starts by talking about the limitations of single junction cells. He mainly covers the concepts used to tackle the limitations of the earlier generation cels.

You will find the chapter associated to the lecture below the video.

Textbook: 16. Third Generation Concepts

Section 16

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