Electron filling factor and sunlight concentration effects on the efficiency of intermediate band solar cell

Nima Es haghi Gorji, Hossein Movla, Foozieh Sohrabi, Alireza Mottaghizadeh, Mohammad Houshmand, Hassan Babaei, Arash Nikniazi

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Abstract

For a determined intermediate band position, the effects of electron filling factor and sunlight concentration on the active region thickness and efficiency of the quantum-dot intermediate band solar cell are calculated. For each value of electron filling factor, the maximum point of efficiency obtained and resulted in the optimum thickness of the cell under three different sunlight concentrations. We show the importance of filling factor as a parameter to be more considered. The photon recycling effect eliminated in all calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1051-1052
Number of pages2
JournalWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Volume42
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Efficiency limits
  • Electron filling factor
  • Intermediate band
  • Sunlight concentration

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