Thermal and spectroscopic characterization of quantum dot-enhanced solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000993-000998

  Gardner, J ^a   Albers, E ^a   Bailey, C G ^a   Hubbard, S ^a   Raffaelle, R ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP TUNING; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DEPLETION REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; INAS/GAAS; PHOTOREFLECTANCE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; SATURATION CURRENT; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE STABILITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EXTRACTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77951570771     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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