Multi-junction solar cell spectral tuning with quantum dots

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 162-166

  Raffaelle, Ryne P ^a   Sinharoy, Samar ^a   Andersen, John ^a   Wilt, David M ^b   Bailey, Sheila G ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRONIC STATES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

BANDGAP ELECTRONIC STATES; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL TUNING; STRANSKI-KRASTANOV GROWTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 41749088471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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