Higher limiting efficiencies for nanostructured solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7597, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Adams, Jessica G J ^a   Elder, Warren ^a   Hill, Geoff ^b   Roberts, John S ^b   Barnham, Keith W J ^a   Ekins Daukes, Nicholas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GaAs; III V; Quantum well; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BIAXIAL STRAINS; BULK SEMICONDUCTORS; CELL EFFICIENCY; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CURRENT MATCHING; EPITAXIAL MIRROR; GAAS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LOSS MECHANISMS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANO SCALE; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PROPAGATING MODE; QUANTUM WELL; QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELLS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SPECTRAL CONDITIONS; STRAIN-BALANCED QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELLS;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 77953297807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.844114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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