Photocurrent generation by two-step photon absorption with Quantum-well superlattice cell

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-302

  Sugiyama, Masakazu ^a   Wang, Yunpeng ^b   Watanabe, Kentaroh ^b   Morioka, Takayuki ^a   Okada, Yoshitaka ^b   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermediate band solar cell; quantum well (QW) superlattice; two step photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; AIR MASS; BARRIER THICKNESS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; GAAS; INFRA-RED IRRADIATION; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; STRAIN-BALANCED; SUPERLATTICE LAYERS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 84865160985     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2196258     Document Type: Article

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