Potentially modulated multi-quantum wells for high-efficiency solar cell applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-152

  Okada, Yoshitaka ^a   Shiotsuka, Naoyuki ^a   Takeda, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

GaAs InGaAs heterostructures; Molecular beam epitaxy; Photoluminescence; Quantum well solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

CARRIER TEMPERATURE; DARK CURRENT; RADIATIVE LOSS; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 9544222638     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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