Title :
Quantum well solar cells - pre-pilot production and on-sun testing results
Author :
Tibbits, T.N.D. ; Barnham, K.W.J. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Ballard, I.M. ; Pate, M. ; Geen, M.
Author_Institution :
QuantaSol Ltd., Parkshot House, 5 Kew Road, Richmond, TW9 2PR, UK
Abstract :
QuantaSol Ltd is commercialising the quantum well solar cell for terrestrial concentrator applications. Here, encouraging results of the first pre-pilot production of single junction GaAs-based cells are shown, and an update given on the status of the company and its products.
Keywords :
Dark current; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Educational institutions; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaic cells; Production; Quantum well devices; Radiative recombination; Testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1640-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0160-8371
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922899
