Photocurrent and surface recombination mechanisms in the In xGa1-xN/GaN different-sized Quantum dot solar cells

Hossein Movla; Foozieh Sohrabi; Jafar Fathi; Hassan Babaei; Arash Nikniazi; Khadije Khalili; Nima Es haghi Gorji

doi:10.3906/fiz-1002-19

Photocurrent and surface recombination mechanisms in the In _xGa_1-xN/GaN different-sized Quantum dot solar cells

Hossein Movla
, Foozieh Sohrabi
, Jafar Fathi
, Hassan Babaei
, Arash Nikniazi
, Khadije Khalili
, Nima Es haghi Gorji

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Abstract

We present a p-i-n structured solar cell with stacked layers of In _xGa_1-x N Quantum Dots (QDs) with different indium composition. The photocurrent and surface recombination processes are investigated in the i-region. We have shown that the QDs in the i-region can play the role of both generation or recombination centers. The photocurrent has been calculated by self-consistent method to solve continuity equation of charge carriers in the layers of the i-region. By changing the Indium composition in In_x Ga_1-x N QDs, the band gap of QDs varies and therefore provides a considerable overlapping with solar spectrum. Proposed SC with different-sized QDs and different Indium composition leads to absorption of a desirable wavelength range of solar spectrum and therefore a "rainbow" solar cell can be designed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-106
Number of pages	10
Journal	Turkish Journal of Physics
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3906/fiz-1002-19
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

In GaN Quantum Dots
P-i-n solar cells
Photocurrent
Surface recombination rate

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