The application of quantum well solar cells to thermophotovoltaics

• Main Authors: GRIFFIN, Paul Robert, Ballard, I., Barnham, K., Nelson, J., Zachariou, A., Epler, J., Hill, G., Button, C., Pate, M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1998
• Subjects: quantum well solar cells; thermophotovoltaics; Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3237
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We discuss the advantages of quantum well solar cells (QWSCs) for thermophotovoltaic (TPV) applications and illustrate them with InP/lnGaAs and GaInAsP/InGaAs QWSCs which were designed for other applications and have not been optimised for TPV. It is shown that an InP p-i-n solar cell with 15 lattic...