Temperature dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy of InAs/GaAs solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 364-369

  Bailey, Christopher G ^a   Polly, Stephen J ^a   Okvath, Joanne ^a   Forbes, David V ^a   Cress, Cory D ^b   Hubbard, Seth M ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne P ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BARRIER MATERIAL; CARRIER DYNAMICS; CONFINED MATERIALS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; INAS/GAAS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHONON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE JUNCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PHOTOLUMINESCENCES; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; TEST STRUCTURE; THERMAL INFLUENCE;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 78650153654     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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