Investigation of carrier-carrier scattering effect on the performance of hot carrier solar cells with relaxation time approximation

Y. Feng; R. Patterson; S. Lin; S. Shrestha; S. Huang; M. Green; G. Conibeer

doi:10.1063/1.4811263

Investigation of carrier-carrier scattering effect on the performance of hot carrier solar cells with relaxation time approximation

Y. Feng^*, R. Patterson, S. Lin, S. Shrestha, S. Huang, M. Green, G. Conibeer

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Abstract

The performance of hot carrier solar cells has been analyzed using a model incorporating the relaxation times of the relevant electronic processes. The variations in the maximum efficiency as well as the carrier statistics are demonstrated according to different carrier-carrier scattering rates. The significant dependance of cell performances on Coulomb scattering properties is quantitatively demonstrated and explained by carrier depletion, asymmetric electron and hole statistics, and unmatched transmission properties for carrier extraction. The inter-relation between the electronic properties of the absorber material and the contact properties implies that an integrated design with both parts is required.

Original language	English
Article number	243901
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4811263
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes

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