Hot electron effect in nanoscopically thin photovoltaic junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Kempa, K ^a,b   Naughton, M J ^a,b   Ren, Z F ^a,b   Herczynski, A ^a   Kirkpatrick, T ^a   Rybczynski, J ^b   Gao, Y ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Solasta Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY; HOT ELECTRON EFFECTS; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT ENERGY; ULTRA-THIN;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HOT ELECTRONS;

EID: 71949111358     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3267144     Document Type: Article

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