Physics of Quantum Well Solar Cells

被引：4

作者：

Ekins-Daukes, N. J. ^{[1
]}

Adams, J. ^{[1
]}

Ballard, I. M. ^{[1
]}

Barnham, K. W. J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Browne, B. ^{[1
]}

Connolly, J. P. ^{[1
]}

Tibbits, T. ^{[2
]}

Hill, G. ^{[3
]}

Roberts, J. S. ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Phys, London SW7 2BZ, England

[2] Quantasol Ltd, Kingston Upon Thames KT1 3GZ, Surrey, England

[3] Univ Sheffield, Natl Facil Semicond 3 5, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England

来源：

PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES XVII | 2009年 / 7211卷

关键词：

Quantum well; solar cell; III-V; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT; CARRIER ESCAPE; ENHANCEMENT; NUMBER;

D O I：

10.1117/12.816946

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Incorporating quantum wells into multi-junction III-V solar cells provides a means of adjusting the absorption edge of the component junctions. Further, by using alternating compressive and tensile materials, a strain-balanced stack of quantum well and barrier layers can be grown, defect free, providing absorption-edge / lattice parameter combinations that are inaccessible using bulk materials. Incomplete absorption in the quantum wells has been addressed using a distributed Bragg reflector, extending the optical path length through the cell and enabling photon recycling to take place. State of the art single-junction quantum well solar cells have now reached an efficiency of 27.3% under 500X solar concentration and are projected to reach 34% in a double junction configuration.

引用

页数：11

共 40 条

[1] [Anonymous], 1995, Thin Films, DOI DOI 10.1016/S1079-4050(06)80007-4
[2] [Anonymous], 2004, 19 EUR PHOT EN C JUN
[3] Ballard I. M., 2008, P MRS FALL S
[4] Characterization of GaAs/InGaAs quantum wells using photocurrent spectroscopy
Barnes, J
Nelson, J
Barnham, KWJ
Roberts, JS
Pate, MA
Grey, R
Dosanjh, SS
Mazzer, M
Ghiraldo, F
[J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1996, 79 (10) : 7775 - 7779
[5] Barnes J., 1994, P 12 EUR PV SOL EN C, P1374
[6] SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT IN A LOW-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE
BARNHAM, KWJ
BRAUN, B
NELSON, J
PAXMAN, M
BUTTON, C
ROBERTS, JS
FOXON, CT
[J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 59 (01) : 135 - 137
[7] Effect of well number on the performance of quantum-well solar cells
Bushnell, DB
Tibbits, TND
Barnham, KWJ
Connolly, JP
Mazzer, M
Ekins-Daukes, NJ
Roberts, JS
Hill, G
Airey, R
[J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2005, 97 (12)
[8] Bushnell DB, 2003, WORL CON PHOTOVOLT E, P2706
[9] Light-trapping structures for multi-quantum well solar cells
Bushnell, DB
Barnham, KWJ
Connolly, JP
Ekins-Daukes, NJ
Airey, R
Roberts, JS
[J]. CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE TWENTY-NINTH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE 2002, 2002, : 1035 - 1038
[10] Short-circuit current enhancement in Bragg stack multi-quantum-well solar cells for multi-junction space cell applications
Bushnell, DB
Ekins-Daukes, NJ
Barnham, KWJ
Connolly, JP
Roberts, JS
Hill, G
Airey, R
Mazzer, M
[J]. SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 2003, 75 (1-2) : 299 - 305

← 1 2 3 4 →