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The resulting stationary states and scattering properties of an effective potential brought about by embedding a quantum well in another well are investigated in this work. The composite well system is constructed via a superposition of…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-08-08 Naomi Jane Jacosalem , Cristine Villagonzalo

The intermediate band solar cell (IBSC) and quantum ratchet solar cell (QRSC) have the potential to surpass the efficiency of standard single-junction solar cells by allowing sub-gap photon absorption through states deep inside the band…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Emily Z. Zhang , Jacob J. Krich

The recombination rate in the space charge region (SCR) of a silicon-based barrier structure with long Shockley-Reed-Hall lifetime is calculated theoretically taking into account the concentration gradient of excess electron-hole pairs in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-05-23 A. V. Sachenko , V. P. Kostylyov , M. Evstigneev

The quantum theory of conductivity of semiconductor objects, to which the quantum wells, wires and dots concern, is constructed. Average values of current and charge densities, induced by a weak electromagnetic field, are calculated. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. G. Lang , L. I. Korovin , J. A. de la Cruz Alcaz , S. T. Pavlov

In past decades the scientific community has been looking for a reliable first-principles method to predict the electronic structure of solids with high accuracy. Here we present an approach which we call the quasiparticle self-consistent…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 M. van Schilfgaarde , T. Kotani , S. Faleev

The thickness dependences of the photocurrent quantum yield and photoenergy parameters of silicon backside contact solar cells (BC SC) are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The surface recombination rate on the irradiated…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-03-15 A. P. Gorban , V. P. Kostylyov , A. V. Sachenko , O. A. Serba , I. O. Sokolovskyi , V. V. Chernenko

Trench defects in multi-quantum wells (MQWs) have been considered as flawed structures that severely degrade the internal quantum efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the past. In this research, trench defects are innovatively…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-19 Z. Pan , Z. Chen , H. Zhang , H. Yang , Y. Chen , J. Nie , C. Deng , B. Dong , D. Wang , Y. Li , H. Lin , W. Chen , F. Jiao , X. Kang , C. Jia , Z. Liang , Q. Wang , G. Zhang , B. Shen

Using acoustic method we study dependences of transverse AC conductance, $\sigma (\omega)$, on magnetic field, temperature and the amplitude of AC electric field in a wide (75 nm) quantum well (QW) structure focusing on the vicinity of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-06 I. L. Drichko , I. Yu. Smirnov , A. V. Suslov , D. Kamburov , K. W. Baldwin , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , Y. M. Galperin

In this study, we have investigated the inter-sublevel optical properties of a core/shell/well/shell spherical quantum dot with the form of quantum dot-quantum well heterostructure. In order to determine the energy eigenvalues and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-07 Hatice Taş , Mehmet Sahin

Organic solar cells are a promising avenue for renewable energy, and our study introduces a comprehensive model to investigate exciton dissociation processes at the donor-acceptor interface. Examining quantum efficiency and emitted phonons…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-05 Jouda Jemaa Khabthani , Khouloud Chika , Alexandre Perrin , Didier Mayou

We report an experimental investigation of fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) at the even-denominator Landau level filling factor $\nu$ = 1/2 in very high quality wide GaAs quantum wells, and at very high magnetic fields up to 45 T. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-24 J. Shabani , Y. Liu , M. Shayegan , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , K. W. Baldwin

Intermediate band solar cells (IBSCs) pursue the increase in efficiency by absorbing below-bandgap energy photons while preserving the output voltage. Experimental IBSCs based on quantum dots have already demonstrated that both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-14 Juan Villa , Iñigo Ramiro , José María Ripalda , Ignacio Tobías , Pablo García-Linares , Elisa Antolín , Antonio Martí

Control over spontaneous emission rate is important for improving efficiency in different semiconductor applications including lasers, LEDs and photovoltaics. Usually, an emitter should be placed inside the cavity to increase spontaneous…

Quantum battery, as a novel energy storage device, offers the potential for unprecedented efficiency and performance beyond the capabilities of classical systems, with broad implications for future quantum technologies. Here, we…

The incoherence of sunlight has long been suspected to have an impact on solar cell energy conversion efficiency, although the extent of this is unclear. Existing computational methods used to optimize solar cell efficiency under incoherent…

Optics · Physics 2014-01-16 Aline Herman , Michael Sarrazin , Olivier Deparis

Single junction Si solar cells dominate photovoltaics but are close to their efficiency limits. This paper presents ideal limiting efficiencies for tandem and triple junction multijunction solar cells subject only to the constraint of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-11 J. P. Connolly , D. Mencaraglia , C. Renard , D. Bouchier

To obtain significant increases in the Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of solar cells, future cell research and development should be based on the concomitant improvement of multiple material properties, rather than on the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Manfred Georg Kratzenberg , Ricardo Ruther , Carlos Renato Rambo

Computer simulations with Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD of opto-electrical characteristics of separate-confinement heterostructure laser based on AlGaAs are used as an example to study the role of the width and depth of Quantum Well (QW) active…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-12-02 Zbigniew Koziol

Finding a quantum battery model that demonstrates a quantum advantage while remaining feasible for experimental production is a considerable challenge. Here, a superconducting quantum battery (SQB) model that exhibits such an advantage is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-27 Samira Elghaayda , Asad Ali , Saif Al-Kuwari , Artur Czerwinski , Mostafa Mansour , Saeed Haddadi

Hybrid structures incorpora1ng both III-nitride and Transi1on Metal Dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors have strong applica1on poten1al for light harves1ng and optoelectronics. Here we have inves1gated the proper1es of hybrid structures…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-09 D. Chen , D. Lagarde , L. Hemmen , L. Lombez , P. Renucci , M. Mauguet , L. Ren , C. Robert , N. Grandjean , X. Marie