… on semiconductor quantum dots and quan tum dot arrays … is based on the formation of an
intermediate band (IB) within the … to excite electrons from the valence band to the IB followed by …

… the possibility of manufacturing the intermediate band solar cell (IBSC), a … quantum dot
technology. The &dimensionality nature of the dots avoids electron thermalisation between bands …

… with their counterparts without quantum dots. This loss is due to the presence of the
intermediate band (IB) together with the incapacity of the quantum dots to absorb sufficient below …

… Quantum dots (QDs) have been proposed [1], [2] as a means of producing the intermediate
band material leading to what we have called the “quantum dot intermediate band solar cell” (…

… QDS with the closely spaced quantum dots and high quality … In such structures, the quantum
dots play a role similar to that … arrays of quantum dots, we refer to them as quantum dot …

… fill the inter- mediate band formed by the confined states of quantum dots with electrons. …
calculated in ideal cases for solar cells with this intermediate band. In order to achieve this, the …

… in the conduction, valence, and intermediate-bands are each described by their own quasi-…
InAs quantum dot structures and analyzed by electroluminescence and quantum efficiency …

… when the cell is implemented with quantum dots. (b) Simplified internal structure of the
intermediate band solar cells implemented with quantum dots and used in these experiments. …

… analysis of semiconductor quantum dot QD array-based intermediate-band solar cell IBSC.
… effects such as band mixing between states in the conduction and valence band, strain and …

… an intermediate band (IB), half-filled with electrons, within in what ordinary semiconductors
constitutes the band gap… 1) at a rate g eh , the IB allows the absorption of two below band gap …