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Antonio Luque Alexander Virgil Mellor

Photon Absorption Models in Nanostructured Semiconductor Solar Cells and Devices

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

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Antonio Luque Alexander Virgil Mellor •

Photon Absorption Models in Nanostructured Semiconductor Solar Cells and Devices

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Antonio Luque Solar Energy Institute Polytechnic University of Madrid Madrid Spain

Alexander Virgil Mellor Solar Energy Institute Polytechnic University of Madrid Madrid Spain

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Nanostructured Solar Cells Ioffe Physical Technical Institute St Petersburg Russia

Imperial College of Science and Technology London UK

ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-14537-2 ISBN 978-3-319-14538-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14538-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958579 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

This book is oriented to optoelectronic device physicists and engineers who want to enter into the realm of quantum calculations for modeling and development of their devices. As regards quantum mechanics, device physicists generally know their fundamentals and the extent to which they shape the matters of their study; however, given the complexity of the subject matter, time constraints mean that they only become involved in the simplest quantum calculations. The common background of solid state device physicists and engineers is related to generation and recombination of electron hole pairs and their transport, but in most cases these mechanisms are used in a phenomenological way and no attempt to model the underlying physical mechanism is undertaken. The same can be said about the energy spectrum