Bandgap Engineering of Multi-Junction Solar Cells for Enhanced Performance Under Concentration

Bandgap Engineering of Multi-Junction Solar Cells for Enhanced Performance Under Concentration

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This doctorate thesis focuses on investigating the parameter space involved in numerically modeling the bandgap engineering of a GaInP/InGaAs/Ge lattice matched multi-junction solar cell (MJSC) using InAs/InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) in the middle sub-cell. The simulation environment – TCAD Sentaurus –...

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Main Author:	Walker, Alexandre W.
Language:	en
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Semiconductor physics Photovoltaics III-V semiconductors Device simulation Numerical modeling Self-assembled quantum dots Multi-junction solar cells
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26240

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