Limiting performance analysis of cascaded interband/intersubband thermophotovoltaic devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yin, Jian ^a   Paiella, Roberto ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; ELECTRICAL POWER; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; INCIDENT RADIATION; INP; INTER-SUBBAND; INTERBAND; LIMITING PERFORMANCE; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CURRENT; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTO DETECTION; QUANTUM CASCADE STRUCTURES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS;

EID: 79551624177     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3548672     Document Type: Article

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