Model for intermediate band solar cells incorporating carrier transport and recombination

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lin, Albert S ^a   Wang, Weiming ^a   Phillips, Jamie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER RECOMBINATIONS; DENSITY OF STATE; ENERGETIC POSITIONS; IMPURITY CONCENTRATIONS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; MEASURABLE INPUTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTICAL ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RECOMBINATION LIFETIMES; SIMULATION RESULTS;

ABSORPTION; CARRIER LIFETIME; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 63749124793     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3093962     Document Type: Article

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