Polarization effect on the photovoltaic characteristics of Al 0.14Ga 0.86N/In 0.21Ga 0.79N superlattice solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1159-1161

  Kuo, Yen Kuang ^a   Lin, Han Wei ^a   Chang, Jih Yuan ^a   Chen, Yu Han ^a   Chang, Yi An ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

InGaN; polarization; solar cell; superlattice (SL)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL QUALITIES; III-NITRIDE; INGAN; P-I-N STRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; POLARIZATION EFFECT;

ALUMINUM; NITRIDES; POLARIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERLATTICES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84864488553     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2200229     Document Type: Article

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