Optimum nitride concentration in multiband III-N-V alloys for high efficiency ideal solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Canovas E ^a   Marti A ^a   Luque, A ^a   Walukiewicz, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

BAND ANTI-CROSSING MODELS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; MATERIAL CANDIDATE; NITROGEN CONTENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; THEORETICAL EFFICIENCIES;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 55149118742     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3013570     Document Type: Article

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