First principles characterization of direct transitions for high efficiency new photovoltaic materials

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 58-64

  Tablero, C ^a   Garcia A J ^a   Fernandez J J ^a,b   Palacios, P ^a,b   Wahnon P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct optical transitions; Intermediate band semiconductor; Low energy photons

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS;

SEMICONDUCTOR BAND GAP;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0037373348     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0256(02)00425-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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