A superlattice solar cell with enhanced short-circuit current and minimized drop in open-circuit voltage

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-392

  Wang, Yunpeng ^a   Wen, Yu ^a   Sodabanlu, Hassanet ^a   Watanabe, Kentaroh ^a   Sugiyama, Masakazu ^b   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrier transport; quantum well (QW); solar cell; tunneling

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; CARRIER TRANSPORTATION; CURRENT MATCHING; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURES; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; DROPS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUPERLATTICES; WELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865185689     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2187044     Document Type: Article

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