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SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

Valley_PV_920

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A hot carrier solar cell includes the absorption layer, the extraction layer, an energy selective contact, and the actual contact. Experiments showed the presence of a barrier inhibiting carrier extraction, as indicated between the absorption layer and the extraction layer, which are both n-type.

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Ferry, Whiteside, and Sellers, doi 10.1117/1.JPE.15.012502

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