Identification of candidate material systems for quantum dot solar cells including the effect of strain

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Dahal, Som N ^a   Bremner, Stephen P ^b   Honsberg, Christiana B ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Band edge alignment; Intermediate band solar cells; Lattice mismatch; Quantum dots; Strain

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BAND GAPS; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; EFFECT OF STRAIN; ENERGY BAND; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; LATTICE-MATCHED; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MATERIALS SYSTEMS; METAMORPHIC BUFFER LAYER; MISCIBILITY GAP; MODEL SYSTEM; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; VALENCE BAND OFFSETS;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

LATTICE MISMATCH;

EID: 77952758151     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.937     Document Type: Article

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