Short circuit current enhancement of GaAs solar cells using strain compensated InAs quantum dots

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hubbard, Seth M ^a   Bailey, Christopher G ^a   Cress, Cory D ^a   Polly, Stephen ^a   Clark, Jeremy ^a   Forbes, David V ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne P ^a   Bailey, Sheila G ^b   Wilt, David M ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; EFFECTS OF STRAINS; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY DIFFRACTION; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM-CONFINED MATERIALS; STRAIN COMPENSATION; STRAIN-COMPENSATED;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78650080794     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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