Electronic structure of QD arrays: Application to intermediate-band solar cells

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Tomić, Stanko ^a   Harrison, Nicholas M ^a,b   Jones, Timothy S ^c  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High efficiency; Quantum dots; Semiconductors; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION STATES; DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; HAMILTONIAN; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; INAS/GAAS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL-; PIEZO-ELECTRIC FIELDS; QD ARRAYS; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTORS; TWO PHOTONS; Z DIRECTIONS;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HEAT CONDUCTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 53149119894     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-008-9228-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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