TY - GEN
T1 - Mg-IV-V chalcopyrites in thin film tandem photovoltaic cells
AU - Van Schilfgaarde, M.
AU - Newman, Nathan
AU - Peshek, T. J.
AU - Coutts, T. J.
AU - Gessert, T. A.
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - Tandem cells made out II-IV-V chalcopyrites consisting of alloys and compounds of (Mg,Zn,Cd)(Si,Ge,Sn)(P,As)2 are a unique set of candidate materials, that can potentially be optimal for solar cell design. While the Zn- and Cd- based compounds have all been synthesized, little is known about the Mg compounds. We analyze the energy band structure theoretically using a recently developed Quasiparticle Self-consistent GW theory, which enables us to accurately address the electronic structure from first principles.
AB - Tandem cells made out II-IV-V chalcopyrites consisting of alloys and compounds of (Mg,Zn,Cd)(Si,Ge,Sn)(P,As)2 are a unique set of candidate materials, that can potentially be optimal for solar cell design. While the Zn- and Cd- based compounds have all been synthesized, little is known about the Mg compounds. We analyze the energy band structure theoretically using a recently developed Quasiparticle Self-consistent GW theory, which enables us to accurately address the electronic structure from first principles.
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411251
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411251
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951569793
SN - 9781424429509
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 1297
EP - 1301
BT - 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
T2 - 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Y2 - 7 June 2009 through 12 June 2009
ER -