Challenges to the Concept of Intermediate Band Solar Cells based on Quantum Dots

Mario Dagenais; Tain Li

doi:10.1364/LAOP.2014.LM3D.3

Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014),
paper LM3D.3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/LAOP.2014.LM3D.3

Challenges to the Concept of Intermediate Band Solar Cells based on Quantum Dots

Mario Dagenais and Tain Li

Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference 2014

Cancun Mexico
16–21 November 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55752-825-4

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Laser Science and Technology 3 (LM3D)

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M. Dagenais and T. Li, "Challenges to the Concept of Intermediate Band Solar Cells based on Quantum Dots," in Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014), paper LM3D.3.

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Abstract

We demonstrate that implementing intermediate band solar cells using crystalline semiconductor quantum dots is very challenging. It is nearly impossible to significantly enhance the direct band-to-band current with the current going through the intermediate state. Article not available.

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