Hot carrier solar cells: Principles, materials and design

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2862-2866

  Knig, D ^a   Casalenuovo, K ^a,b   Takeda, Y ^c   Conibeer, G ^a   Guillemoles, J F ^d   Patterson, R ^a   Huang, L M ^a,d   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

DFT; Hot carriers; Phonons; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COOLING; CHAIN MODELS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DFT; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; MATERIAL CANDIDATE; MATERIAL MISMATCH; PHONON CONFINEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; STRUCTURE SIZES;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHONONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HOT CARRIERS;

EID: 77957996331     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2009.12.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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