{"title":"Transport modeling of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well solar cells","authors":"N. Cavassilas, F. Michelini, M. Bescond","doi":"10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925532","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This theoretical work analyzes photovoltaic effect in InGaN/GaN solar cells. Our electronic transport model considers intrinsic quantum behaviors like confinement, tunneling, electron-phonon scattering and electron-photon interactions. Based on this model we compare performances of Multiple Quantum Wells (MQW) structure with those of thick-layer device. We show that MQW is a promising candidate that provides better current characteristics. This work sheds light on the importance of finding a good balance between photon-absorption efficiency and transport properties. We also show the unintuitive influence of electron-phonon scattering.","PeriodicalId":6649,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)","volume":"120 1","pages":"2875-2877"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925532","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This theoretical work analyzes photovoltaic effect in InGaN/GaN solar cells. Our electronic transport model considers intrinsic quantum behaviors like confinement, tunneling, electron-phonon scattering and electron-photon interactions. Based on this model we compare performances of Multiple Quantum Wells (MQW) structure with those of thick-layer device. We show that MQW is a promising candidate that provides better current characteristics. This work sheds light on the importance of finding a good balance between photon-absorption efficiency and transport properties. We also show the unintuitive influence of electron-phonon scattering.