Hydrodynamic and Energy Transport Model-Based Hot-Carrier Effect in GaAs pin Solar Cell

Electronic Materials

Katsuyoshi Sakamoto¹  Tomah Sogabe²  Kodai Shiba² 

[1] Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan;i-Powered Energy Research Center (i-PERC), The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan;

关键词: hot-carrier;    hydrodynamic;    energy transport;    solar cell;   

DOI  :  10.3390/electronicmat3020016

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The hot-carrier effect and hot-carrier dynamics in GaAs solar cell device performance were investigated. Hot-carrier solar cells based on the conventional operation principle were simulated based on the detailed balance thermodynamic model and the hydrodynamic energy transportation model. A quasi-equivalence between these two models was demonstrated for the first time. In the simulation, a specially designed GaAs solar cell was used, and an increase in the open-circuit voltage was observed by increasing the hot-carrier energy relaxation time. A detailed analysis was presented regarding the spatial distribution of hot-carrier temperature and its interplay with the electric field and three hot-carrier recombination processes: Auger, Shockley–Read–Hall, and radiative recombinations.

【 授权许可】

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