Investigation of quantum dot enhanced triple junction solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000127-000132

  Kerestes, Christopher ^a   Polly, Stephen ^a   Forbes, David ^a   Bailey, Christopher ^a   Hubbard, Seth ^a   Spann, John ^b   Patel, Pravin ^b   Sharps, Paul ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Emcore Photovoltaics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; GAAS; GAAS/GE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INAS; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; INTEGRATED CURRENTS; STRAIN-BALANCED; TRIPLE JUNCTION CELLS; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS;

GERMANIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84861031460     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185860     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. M. Stan, D. Aiken, B. Cho, A. Cornfeld, J. Diaz, V. Ley, A. Korostyshevsky, P. Patel, P. Sharps, and T. Varghese, "Very high efficiency triple junction solar cells grown by MOVPE," Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 310, pp. 5204-5208, 2008.
2. rd IEEE PVSC, 2008, pp. 1-6.
3. S. M. Hubbard, C. Bailey, S. Polly, C. Cress, J. Andersen, D. Forbes, and R. Raffaelle, "Nanostructured photovoltaics for space power," Journal of Nanophotonics, vol. 3, pp. 031880-16, 2009.
4. C. D. Cress, S. M. Hubbard, B. J. Landi, R. P. Raffaelle, and D. M. Wilt, "Quantum dot solar cell tolerance to alpha-particle irradiation," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 91, p. 183108, 2007.
5. th IEEE PVSC, 2009, pp. 1-6.
6. M. A. Green, "Recent Developments and Future Prospects for Third Generation and Other Advanced Cells," in Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th WCPEC, 2006, pp. 15-19.
7. th IEEE WCPEC, 2006, pp. 118-121.
8. S. M. Hubbard, C. D. Cress, C. G. Bailey, R. P. Raffaelle, S. G. Bailey, and D. M. Wilt, "Effect of strain compensation on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 92, p. 123512, 2008.
9. C.G. Bailey, S.M. Hubbard, D.V. Forbes, R.P. Raffaelle, "Evaluation of strain balancing layer thickness for InAs/GaAs quantum dot arrays using high resolution x-ray diffraction and photoluminescence", Appl. Phys, Lett., Vol. 95, 2009, pp.203110-1-3.
10. th IEEE PVSC, 2011.