TITLE:
An Entropy Approach to a Practical Limit of the Efficiencies of Developed and Multijunction Solar Cells
AUTHORS:
Salama Abdelhady
KEYWORDS:
Electromagnetic Waves, Entropy, Thermoelectric Effect, Seebeck Effect, Photoelectric Effect, Photovoltaic Effect
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications,
Vol.6 No.13,
November
18,
2014
ABSTRACT: Following a previously introduced entropy approach and
reviewing experimental measurements, we find a similarity option between photoelectric
effects, photovoltaic effects and thermoelectric effects. The photovoltaic effect
and the thermoelectric effect are proved in this study to be driven by a Seebeck
effect which depends mainly on the thermal potential of the incident radiation and
the interacting materials. Hence, we apply such exciting conclusion to derive an
advanced efficiency limit of the developed and multijunction solar cells that exceed
the previously derived limit by Shockley and Queisser.