1. Photovoltaic conversion efficiency of InN/In x Ga 1-x N quantum dot intermediate band solar cells
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El Mustapha Feddi, M. Zazoui, N. Ben Afkir, J. Meziane, Francis Dujardin, Université Hassan II [Casablanca] (UH2MC), Ecole Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique [Rabat] (ENSET), Université Mohammed V, Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique - Approche Multi-échelle des Milieux Complexes (LCP-A2MC), and Université de Lorraine (UL)
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Solar cells ,02 engineering and technology ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Molecular physics ,law.invention ,Intermediate band ,law ,Electric field ,0103 physical sciences ,Solar cell ,[PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat] ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,010306 general physics ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Physics ,Hamiltonian matrix ,Quantum dots ,Energy conversion efficiency ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Polarization (waves) ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Quantum dot ,Conversion efficiency ,0210 nano-technology ,Photovoltaic ,Current density ,Voltage - Abstract
The behavior of InN/InxGa1-xN spherical quantum dots solar cell is investigated, considering the internal electric field induced by the polarization of the junction. In order to determine the position of the intermediate band (IB), we present an efficient numerical technique based on difference finite method to solve the 3D time-independent Schrodinger's equation in spherical coordinates. The resultant n × n Hamiltonian matrix when considering n discrete points in spatial direction is diagonalized in order to calculate energy levels. Thus, the interband and intersubband transitions are determined, taking into consideration the effect of the internal electric field, size dots, interdot distances, and indium content on the energy levels, optical transition, photo-generated current density, open-circuit voltage and power conversion efficiency of the QD-IBSCs.
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- 2018
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