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Analytical study of electro-elastic fields in quantum nanostructure solar cells: the inter-nanostructure couplings and geometrical effects
, Article Acta Mechanica ; Volume 229, Issue 7 , 2018 , Pages 3089-3106 ; 00015970 (ISSN) ; Naderi, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer-Verlag Wien
2018
Abstract
Recent investigations on multifunctional piezoelectric semiconductors have shown their excellent potential as photovoltaic components in high-efficiency third-generation quantum nanostructure (QNS) solar cells. The current work is devoted to studying the electro-elastic behavior of high-density QNS photovoltaic semiconductors within which initial mismatch strains of arrays of quantum dots (QDs) or quantum wires (QWRs) induce coupled electro-mechanical fields. The inter-nanostructure couplings which are of great importance in high-density QNS arrays are incorporated in the presented analytical framework. In practice, QNSs with different geometries such as spherical, cuboidal, or pyramidal QDs...