• DocumentCode
    2300309
  • Title

    A comparison of bulk and quantum dot GaAs solar cells

  • Author

    Li, Tian ; Amirloo, J. ; Murray, J. ; Sablon, K.A. ; Little, J. ; Uppal, P. ; Munday, J. ; Dagenais, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    194
  • Lastpage
    195
  • Abstract
    We report on the realization of a GaAs type-I quantum dot solar cell with a record 29.9 mA/cm2 short circuit current density and we compare it to a reference bulk GaAs solar cell.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; current density; gallium arsenide; semiconductor quantum dots; solar cells; GaAs; reference bulk solar cell; short circuit current density; type-I quantum dot solar cell; Coatings; Educational institutions; Gallium arsenide; Gold; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum computing; Quantum dots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358557
  • Filename
    6358557