• DocumentCode
    3515416
  • Title

    Transition rate in the InGaN quantum dot intermediate-band solar cell

  • Author

    Wang, Kuang-Chung ; Wu, Yuh-Renn

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-8 June 2012
  • Abstract
    This paper studies the feasibility of using GaN/InGaN quantum dot as the Intermediate Band Solar Cell. Different dot sizes and layers are compared and the result shows significant differences due to different quantum confinement strength. The band structure and transition rate in the quantum dot are calculated. The efficiency of the structure can reach 31% in this structure. With these information, we hope to provide guidance to experimentalists for design of InGaN intermediate band solar cell.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; band structure; gallium compounds; indium compounds; semiconductor quantum dots; solar cells; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN-InGaN; band structure; quantum confinement strength; quantum dot intermediate-band solar cell; transition rate; Absorption; Gallium nitride; Materials; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum dots; Strain; InGaN; Intermediate band solar cell; quantum dot; transition rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0064-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317730
  • Filename
    6317730