Optimal bandgap combinations-does material quality matter

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-208

  Chan, N L A ^a   Ekins Daukes, N J ^a   Adams, J G J ^b   Lumb, M P ^c   Gonzalez, M ^d   Jenkins, P P ^c   Vurgaftman, I ^c   Meyer, J R ^c   Walters, R J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MicroLink Devices Inc   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Material quality; modeling; multijunction; radiative efficiency; recombination

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONCENTRATION; MATERIAL QUALITY; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTIJUNCTION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; NONRADIATIVE RECOMBINATION RATES; PHOTOGENERATION; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; RECOMBINATION; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; TRIPLE-JUNCTIONS; UPPER LIMITS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84865186389     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2180513     Document Type: Article

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