Optimizing gallium arsenide multiple quantum wells as high-performance photovoltaic devices

A. Thilagam; J. Singh; P. Stulik

doi:10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00154-2

Optimizing gallium arsenide multiple quantum wells as high-performance photovoltaic devices

A. Thilagam, J. Singh, P. Stulik

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Abstract

We examine the possibility of using gallium arsenide (GaAs) quantum wells, which have significantly high absorption coefficient for photon energies near the energy band gap, as high-performance solar cells. Using a semi-empirical model of the absorption spectrum, we determine the critical well widths at which the efficiencies of solar cells based on the GaAs/Al_xGa_{1 - x}As quantum well structure can be optimized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-249
Number of pages	7
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	50
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-0248(97)00154-2
Publication status	Published - Jan 1998

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Funding Information:
One of us (A. Thilagam) acknowledges the support from an NTU Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

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