Influence of the overlap between the absorption coefficients on the efficiency of the intermediate band solar cell

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1002-1007

  Cuadra, Lucas ^a   Martí, Antonio ^a   Luque, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficients; Intermediate band; Light confinement; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POSITIVE IONS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; INTERMEDIATE BAND SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERTER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 2942637891     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2004.828161     Document Type: Article

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