The Shockley-Quiesser limit

This video is part of the FREE online course PV1x Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, developed by Delft University of Technology. PV1x is part of the Solar Energy Engineering MicroMasters is a maximal theoretical conversion efficiency limit for single junction solar cells, such as wafer based crystalline silicon solar cells. This efficiency limit is known as the Shockley-Queisser limit, and takes into account the optical and electrical loss mechanisms that are physically fundamentally required. In this video, you will learn about the Shockley-Queisser limit.