Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5147080 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The electrical properties of InAsP/Si quantum dot solar cell (QDSC) are numerically studied and analyzed in this paper. Many effects like number of quantum dot (QD) layers inserted and Arsenic content of InAsxP1-x on photovoltaic properties such as current density-voltage J-V and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) are investigated. Our results have been shown that the optimal Arsenic content is 0.6. With 30 InAsP/Si QDs layers, relative enhancements of about 7% and 6.70% of short-circuit current and efficiency are achieved, respectively. Otherwise, the absorption range edge of low energy photons was extended from 1120 to 1200Â nm. This reveals that introduction of QDs in the intrinsic region of p-i-n Silicon (Si) solar cell enhances significantly the device characteristics beyond what has been reported for conventional semiconductor-based solar cells.
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Authors
F. Benyettou, A. Aissat, M. Djebari, J.P. Vilcot,