• DocumentCode
    3411589
  • Title

    Improved quantum efficiency with increasing number of quantum dot sizes in silicon based solar cell

  • Author

    Kamal, F. ; Zaman, Umme Takia ; Salam, K.M.A. ; Sayeed, Kazi Abu ; Momen, Ahmed

  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    19-21 Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    Solar cells consisting of quantum dots of the same size have been worked on till date. Our work focuses on varying the size and increasing the Incident Photon to Current Conversion Efficiency of the intrinsic layer of a Silicon solar cell. We have been able to increase the IPCE up to 70% and 140% by widely varying the sizes of Cadmium Selenite and Cadmium Telluride quantum dots respectively. Their total volume fractions were kept constant.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; photons; silicon; solar cells; IPCE; cadmium selenite; cadmium telluride; current conversion efficiency; incident photon; intrinsic layer; quantum dot sizes; quantum efficiency; silicon based solar cell; Absorption; Cadmium; Mathematical model; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum dots; Silicon; Absorption Coefficient; CdSe Quantum Dots; CdTe Quantum Dots; Different Sizes of Quantum Dots; Incident Photon to Current Conversion Efficiency; Quantum Dots; Quantum Efficiency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dhaka
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2463-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAEE.2013.6750306
  • Filename
    6750306