Size dependent light absorption modulation and enhanced carrier transport in germanium quantum dots devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-28

  Cosentino, S ^a   Barbagiovanni, E G ^a   Crupi, I ^a   Miritello, M ^a   Nicotra, G ^b   Spinella, C ^b   Pacifici, D ^c   Mirabella, S ^a   Terrasi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Germanium; Light absorption; Photovoltaics; Quantum confinement; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS FILMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM OXIDES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MIM DEVICES; MIS DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE FILMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EFFECTIVE MASS APPROXIMATION; GERMANIUM QUANTUM DOTS; METAL-INSULATOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE GAINS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PREFERENTIAL TRAPPING; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84924678496     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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