Substrate orientation effects on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1804-1807

  Forbes, David V ^a   Bailey, Chris G ^a   Polly, Stephen ^a   Plourde, Chelsea ^a   Okvath, Joanne ^a   Hubbard, Seth M ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne P ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; MATRIX; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; QUANTUM DOT; SELF-ORGANIZED; SPACE SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; STATE OF THE ART; SUBSTRATE MISORIENTATION; SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION; VICINAL SUBSTRATES;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM ARSENIDE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 78650145071     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5617134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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