Static hot carrier populations as a function of optical excitation energy detected through energy selective contacts by optically assisted IV

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1070-1079

  König, Dirk ^a   Hiller, Daniel ^b   Zacharias, Margit ^b   Michard, Stephan ^c   Flynn, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Silanna Semiconductor Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy selective contacts; Hot carrier; Opto electronic characterization; Steady state

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ENERGY GAP; HOT CARRIERS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PHOTONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA;

CARRIER POPULATION; I-V TECHNIQUES; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; SI QUANTUM DOT; STEADY STATE; TUNNELING RESONANCES; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84908051453     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2367     Document Type: Article

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