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Characterisation of InAs/GaAs quantum dots intermediate band photovoltaic devices. / Garduno-Nolasco, Edson; Carrington, Peter James; Krier, Anthony et al.
In: IET Optoelectronics, Vol. 8, No. 2, 04.2014, p. 71-75.

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Garduno-Nolasco E, Carrington PJ, Krier A, Missous M. Characterisation of InAs/GaAs quantum dots intermediate band photovoltaic devices. IET Optoelectronics. 2014 Apr;8(2):71-75. Epub 2014 Feb 25. doi: 10.1049/iet-opt.2013.0056

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Garduno-Nolasco, Edson ; Carrington, Peter James ; Krier, Anthony et al. / Characterisation of InAs/GaAs quantum dots intermediate band photovoltaic devices. In: IET Optoelectronics. 2014 ; Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 71-75.

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abstract = "The authors report on the structural, the optical and the electrical properties of solar cells containing 20 layers of doped InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs). The structures were grown by molecular beam epitaxy and contain n dopant sheet densities of 8 and 16 × 1010cm−2, respectively, in between the QD layers. Under a 1 sun illumination, the open-circuit voltage (V oc) and the efficiency of the 8 × 1010cm−2 n-doped sample were increased to values of 0.73 V and 9.7%, respectively, compared with a reference undoped sample (a V oc of 0.70 V and an efficiency of 9.0%). However, the short-circuit current density (J sc) decreased from 20.1 to 17.4 mA/cm2 indicating bandfilling within the QD array.",
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