Minimized open-circuit voltage reduction in GaAs/InGaAs quantum well solar cells with bandgap-engineered graded quantum well depths

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Li, Xiaohan ^a   Dasika, Vaishno D ^a   Li, Ping Chun ^a   Ji, Li ^a   Bank, Seth R ^a   Yu, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAAS; GRADED QUANTUM WELLS; QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907990980     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4896739     Document Type: Article

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