Nonradiative lifetimes in intermediate band photovoltaics-Absence of lifetime recovery

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Krich, Jacob J ^a   Halperin, Bertrand I ^b   Aspuru Guzik, Alán ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS DOPING; COST EFFECTIVE; INSULATOR-TO-METAL TRANSITIONS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; INTERMEDIATE STATE; NON-RADIATIVE LIFETIMES; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

RECOVERY;

EID: 84864117861     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4732085     Document Type: Article

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