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Gibelli F, Lombez L, Guillemoles JF. Accurate radiation temperature and chemical potential from quantitative photoluminescence analysis of hot carrier populations. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:06LT02. [PMID: 27991420 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/29/6/06lt02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
In order to characterize hot carrier populations in semiconductors, photoluminescence measurement is a convenient tool, enabling us to probe the carrier thermodynamical properties in a contactless way. However, the analysis of the photoluminescence spectra is based on some assumptions which will be discussed in this work. We especially emphasize the importance of the variation of the material absorptivity that should be considered to access accurate thermodynamical properties of the carriers, especially by varying the excitation power. The proposed method enables us to obtain more accurate results of thermodynamical properties by taking into account a rigorous physical description and finds direct application in investigating hot carrier solar cells, which are an adequate concept for achieving high conversion efficiencies with a relatively simple device architecture.
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Affiliation(s)
- François Gibelli
- Institute of Research and Development of Photovoltaic Energy IRDEP (CNRS-ENSCP-EDF), UMR 7174, 6 quai Watier, 78401 Chatou, France. NextPV, International Associate Laboratory (LIA), 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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