Technology-compatible hot carrier solar cell with energy selective hot carrier absorber and carrier-selective contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Konig D ^a   Takeda, Y ^b   Puthen Veettil, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER EXTRACTION; CONTACT BARRIER; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION; ELECTRON-ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY SELECTIVITY; ENERGY WIDTH; IN-SITU; LAYER THICKNESS; MINIBANDS; MONTE CARLO CODES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERLATTICES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HOT CARRIERS;

EID: 84867521034     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757979     Document Type: Article

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