TY - GEN
T1 - Application of finite difference method in modeling quantum dot superlattice silicon tandem solar cell
AU - Huang, Jie
AU - Jiang, Jian Liang
AU - Sabeur, Abdelkader
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this paper we propose an effective method to model quantum dot superlattice silicon tandem solar cell. The Schrödinger equation is solved through finite difference method (FDM) to calculate energy band of three-dimensional silicon quantum dots embedded in the matrix of SiO2 and Si3N4.We simulate the quantum dot superlattice as regularly spaced array of equally sized cubic dots in respective matrix. For simplicity, we consider only one period of the structure in calculation. From the result, the effects of matrix material, dot size and inter-dot distance on the bandgap are obtained.
AB - In this paper we propose an effective method to model quantum dot superlattice silicon tandem solar cell. The Schrödinger equation is solved through finite difference method (FDM) to calculate energy band of three-dimensional silicon quantum dots embedded in the matrix of SiO2 and Si3N4.We simulate the quantum dot superlattice as regularly spaced array of equally sized cubic dots in respective matrix. For simplicity, we consider only one period of the structure in calculation. From the result, the effects of matrix material, dot size and inter-dot distance on the bandgap are obtained.
KW - Finite difference method
KW - Quantum dot matrix
KW - Silicon tandem solar cell
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896326252&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.898.249
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.898.249
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896326252
SN - 9783038350361
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 249
EP - 252
BT - Applied Material Science and Related Technologies
PB - Trans Tech Publications
T2 - 2014 3rd International Conference on Intelligent System and Applied Material, GSAM 2014
Y2 - 18 January 2014 through 19 January 2014
ER -