III-V compound semiconductor screening for implementing quantum dot intermediate band solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Linares, P G ^a   Marti A ^a   Antolin E ^a   Luque, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BAND ALIGNMENTS; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; DETAILED BALANCE; ENERGY LEVEL; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR; INAS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; SEARCH CRITERION; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78751505590     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3527912     Document Type: Article

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