Production of photocurrent due to intermediate-to-conduction-band transitions: A demonstration of a key operating principle of the intermediate-band solar cell

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Marti A ^a   Antolin E ^a   Stanley, C R ^b   Farmer, C D ^b   Lopez N ^a   Diaz P ^b   Canovas E ^a   Linares, P G ^a   Luque, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HEAT CONDUCTION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CONDUCTION BAND; OPTICAL TRANSITION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33845521687     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.247701     Document Type: Article

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