Internal reflection influence on the multiple quantum well solar cell efficiency

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作者：

Paulescu, M. ^{[1
]}

Tulcan-Paulescu, E. ^{[1
]}

Neculae, A. ^{[1
]}

Gravila, P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] W Univ Timisoara, Dept Phys, Timisoara 300223, Romania

来源：

JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2008年 / 10卷 / 09期

关键词：

Multiple Quantum Wells; solar cells; reflection; efficiency; simulations;

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中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The Multiple Quantum Well Solar Cell (MQWSC) consists of a quantum well system placed in the undoped region of a p-i-n solar cell. Despite an abundance of reports on MQWSC modeling, most of them are not addressing photon reflection at barrier-well interfaces. This paper evaluates the reflection influence on MQWSC conversion efficiency. For this, a realistic model for internal reflection in MQW system is derived and inserted into an ideal electro-optical MQWSC model. Our results based on numerical simulations substantiate that MQWSC efficiency decays significantly when reflection is considered. Thus, our model dealing with non-ideal structures is intended to be a tool to investigate cell optical parameters and to optimize the conversion efficiency.

引用

页码：2441 / 2444

页数：4

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