Theory and simulation of photogeneration and transport in si-siox superlattice absorbers

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Aeberhard, Urs ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ENERGY GAP; HAMILTONIANS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SILICON; SUPERLATTICES;

ARBITRARY GEOMETRY; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION FORMALISM; OPERATING CONDITION; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; QUANTUM-KINETIC THEORY; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; ABSORBER MATERIAL; BALLISTIC REGIME; CARRIER RELAXATION; EFFECTIVE MASS; FINITE NUMBER; MINIBANDS; PHOTOGENERATION;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 82655168670     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-242     Document Type: Article

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