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Title: Thermal emission in type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dots and prospects for intermediate band solar energy conversion

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3703467· OSTI ID:1381186
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Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0000957
OSTI ID:
1381186
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 111, Issue 7; Related Information: CSTEC partners with University of Michigan (lead); Kent State University; ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Effect of strain compensation on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells journal March 2008
Studies of the photocurrent in quantum dot solar cells by the application of a new theoretical model journal November 2005
Type II GaSb/GaAs quantum dot/ring stacks with extended photoresponse for efficient solar cells journal May 2012
Intermediate-Band Solar Cells Employing Quantum Dots Embedded in an Energy Fence Barrier journal January 2007
Reducing carrier escape in the InAs/GaAs quantum dot intermediate band solar cell journal September 2010
Production of Photocurrent due to Intermediate-to-Conduction-Band Transitions: A Demonstration of a Key Operating Principle of the Intermediate-Band Solar Cell journal December 2006
Optical investigations of the dynamic behavior of GaSb/GaAs quantum dots journal March 1996
450 meV hole localization in GaSb/GaAs quantum dots journal April 2003
Coulomb Charging Effect in Self-Assembled Ge Quantum Dots Studied by Admittance Spectroscopy journal April 1998

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