Hot carrier dynamics in InGaAs/GaAsP quantum well solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003302-003306

  Hirst, Louise ^a   Führer, Markus ^a   Farrell, Daniel J ^a   LeBris, Arthur ^a   Guillemoles, Jean François ^b   Tayebjee, Murad J Y ^c   Clady, Raphael ^c   Schmidt, Timothy W ^c   Wang, Yunpeng ^d   Sugiyama, Masakazu ^d   Ekins Daukes, N J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; CARRIER DYNAMICS; CARRIER POPULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DEEP WELLS; EFFICIENCY BENEFITS; EXCITED CARRIERS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HOT CARRIER EFFECT; LATTICE PHONONS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PHOTON FLUX DENSITIES; QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES; SHALLOW WELLS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; STRAIN-BALANCED; THERMALISATION; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRA-FAST; WELL REGION;

DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING; HOT CARRIERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84861071951     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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