A detailed balance analysis of conversion efficiencies limits for nanocrystal solar cells - Relating the shape of the excitonic peak to conversion efficiencies

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Moore, David T ^a   Gaskey, Bernard ^a   Robbins, Andrew ^a   Hanrath, Tobias ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DETAILED BALANCE; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; EXCITONIC ABSORPTION; EXCITONIC PEAK; MULTIEXCITONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SINGLE JUNCTION; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906871760     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4864066     Document Type: Article

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