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III-V Solar Cells and Concentrator Arrays

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Semiconductor heterostructures allow us to solve the problems of controlling the fundamental parameters of the semiconductor devices. These heterostructures provide the ability to change the electronic band structure, band gaps and refractive indices of the material itself during epitaxial growth, as well as to control the effective masses and mobilities of the charge carriers in it. The development of the physics and technology of semiconductor heterostructures has resulted in remarkable changes in our everyday life. Heterostructure electronics is widely used in many areas. It is hardly possible to imagine our life without double heterostructure (DHS) laser-based telecommunication systems, heterostructure solar cells (HSSCs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), heterostructure bipolar transistors and low-noise, high-electron mobility transistors for high-frequency applications including, for example, satellite television. Now DHS lasers exist in practically every home in CD players. Heterostructure solar cells are widely used for space and terrestrial applications.

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Alferov, Z.I., Andreev, V.M., Rumyantsev, V.D. (2009). III-V Solar Cells and Concentrator Arrays. In: Petrova-Koch, V., Hezel, R., Goetzberger, A. (eds) High-Efficient Low-Cost Photovoltaics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79359-5_8

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