Ab initio method of optical investigations of CdS1-xTex alloys under quantum dots diameter effect

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-39

  Al Douri, Y ^a,b   Hashim, U ^a   Khenata, R ^c,d   Reshak, A H ^a,e   Ameri, M ^b   Bouhemadou, A ^f   Rahim Ruslinda, A ^a   Md Arshad, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MASCARA   (Algeria)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Alloys; Optical properties; Quantum dot potential

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS;

AB INITIO METHOD; DIAMETER EFFECT; DOT DIAMETER; FULL POTENTIAL LINEARIZED AUGMENTED PLANE WAVE METHOD; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; OPTICAL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; OPTICAL INVESTIGATION; QUANTUM DOT POTENTIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ALLOY; DIAMETER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SULFIDE;

EID: 84924227319     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.02.024     Document Type: Article

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