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21 August 2014 Simulation of nanostructure-based and ultra-thin film solar cell devices beyond the classical picture
Urs Aeberhard
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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 042099 (August 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.042099
Abstract
An optoelectronic device simulation framework valid for arbitrary spatial variation of electronic potentials and optical modes, and for transport regimes ranging from ballistic to diffusive, is used to study the nonlocal photon absorption, photocurrent generation and carrier extraction in ultra-thin film, and nanostructure-based solar cell devices at the radiative limit. Among the effects that are revealed by the microscopic approach and which are inaccessible to macroscopic models is the impact of structure, doping- or bias-induced nanoscale potential variations on the local photogeneration rate and the photocarrier transport regime.
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Urs Aeberhard "Simulation of nanostructure-based and ultra-thin film solar cell devices beyond the classical picture," Journal of Photonics for Energy 4(1), 042099 (21 August 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.042099
Published: 21 August 2014
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KEYWORDS
Solar cells
Quantum wells
Absorption
Superlattices
Electrons
Doping
Phonons
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