Efficiency improvement of p-i-n solar cell by embedding quantum-dots
Journal
URSI Radio Science Meeting
Date Issued
2014-07
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Abstract
Conventional solar cells collect photons from the solar radiation in p-n junctions. Their efficiency is constrained by the Shockley-Queisser limit, due to blackbody radiation, spectral loss, excessive energy of the absorbed photons, and recombination loss. As of August 2013, the highest efficiency achieved by a single-junction solar cell, made of GaAs, is 28.8 %.
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Type
conference paper