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A study of quantum well solar cell structures with bound-to-continuum transitions for reduced carrier recombination

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Jolley, G.; Faraone, L.; Fu, Lan; Lu, H. F.; Jagadish, C.; Tan, Hark Hoe

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A bound-to-continuum quantum well solar cell structure is proposed, and the band structure and absorption spectra are analyzed by the use of an eight band k⋅p model. The structure is based on quantum wells that only support bound states for the valence band. The absence of bound conduction band states has a number of potential advantages, including a reduction of electron trapping and, therefore, a reduction of quantum well induced photocarrier recombination due to reduced spatial overlap of...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorJolley, G.
dc.contributor.authorFaraone, L.
dc.contributor.authorFu, Lan
dc.contributor.authorLu, H. F.
dc.contributor.authorJagadish, C.
dc.contributor.authorTan, Hark Hoe
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22T01:44:59Z
dc.date.available2015-09-22T01:44:59Z
dc.identifier.issn0003-6951
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/15627
dc.description.abstractA bound-to-continuum quantum well solar cell structure is proposed, and the band structure and absorption spectra are analyzed by the use of an eight band k⋅p model. The structure is based on quantum wells that only support bound states for the valence band. The absence of bound conduction band states has a number of potential advantages, including a reduction of electron trapping and, therefore, a reduction of quantum well induced photocarrier recombination due to reduced spatial overlap of the electron and hole wavefunctions.
dc.description.sponsorshipThanks are due to the Australian Research Council for the financial support of this research.
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physics
dc.rightshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0003-6951..."Publishers version/PDF may be used on author's personal website, institutional website or institutional repository" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 22/09/15). Copyright 2013 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807506
dc.sourceApplied Physics Letters
dc.subjectKeywords: Bound-to-continuum; Bound-to-continuum transition; Carrier recombination; Conduction-band state; Electron trapping; Hole wave functions; Quantum well solar cells; Spatial overlap; Solar cells; Semiconductor quantum wells
dc.titleA study of quantum well solar cell structures with bound-to-continuum transitions for reduced carrier recombination
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume102
dc.date.issued2013-05-29
local.identifier.absfor091203
local.identifier.absfor020406
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB3529
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.aip.org/
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationJolley, Greg, University of Western Australia, Australia
local.contributor.affiliationFaraone, Lorenzo, University of Western Australia, Australia
local.contributor.affiliationFu, Lan, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationLu, Hao Feng, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationTan, Hoe Hark, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, The Australian National University
local.contributor.affiliationJagadish, Chennupati, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, The Australian National University
local.bibliographicCitation.issue21
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage213903
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage4
local.identifier.doi10.1063/1.4807506
local.identifier.absseo970102
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:12:59Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84879101129
local.identifier.thomsonID000320620400086
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