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Modeling and characterization of multiple level intermediate band solar cell
Año:2010
Áreas de investigación
  • Fisica sb -- semiconductores y estructura de bandas
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Descripción
Intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) are a new kind of devices capable of surpassing the Shockley- Queisser efficiency limit for conventional solar cells. This novel technology requires the use of a new type of material named intermediate band (IB) material which makes a better use of the solar spectrum thanks to the existence of a collection of electronic levels within the bandgap of the semiconductor. Quantum Dots (QDs) remain as a feasible technology to implement IB materials. InAs/GaAs QD-IBSCs were manufactured in order to test the validity of the concept, although their real size and shape are far from the optimum. This causes extra electron levels to appear within the nanostructure confining potential, degrading the performance of the device. In this paper, the effect of these extra levels will be studied through a multiple level IBSC model based on the detailed balance, but modified so a term accounting for the non-radiative recombination (NRR) is also included. The model is completed with constant fitting parameters so the concentration JL-VOC curves (which do not incorporate series resistance effects) can be fitted. Several QD-IBSCs where manufactured, measured and fitted with this model, rendering relevant information about the recombination nature of the QD-IBSCs.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition - 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Valencia (España)
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
3-936338-26-4
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
06/09/2010
Fecha fin congreso
10/09/2010
Desde la página
468
Hasta la página
471
Título de las actas
Proc. 25th EU PVSEC/5th WCPEC
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Silicio y Nuevos Conceptos para Células Solares