Voltage dependence of two-step photocurrent generation in quantum dot intermediate band solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-113

  Elborg, Martin ^a   Noda, Takeshi ^a   Mano, Takaaki ^a   Jo, Masafumi ^a,c   Sakuma, Yoshiki ^a   Sakoda, Kazuaki ^a,b   Han, Liyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

High efficiency solar cell; Intermediate band solar cell; Intersubband transition; Quantum dot; Rate equation; Two step photocurrent

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM DOT; RATE EQUATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84918590603     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.038     Document Type: Article

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