Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Luminescent Downshifting in Top Cell of Monolithic Tandem Solar Cells

Table 2

Main material parameters used in the simulation.

MaterialGaInP AlInP

Band Gap (eV)1.9 [15]2.4 [1]
Electron affinity (eV)4.1 [15]4.2 [1]
CB effective density of states (cm−3) [15] [16]
VB effective density of states (cm−3) [15] [16]
Electron thermal velocity (cm/s) [15] [16]
Hole thermal velocity (cm/s) [15] [16]
Electron mobility (cm²/Vs)Varied [17, 18]100 [16]
Hole mobility (cm²/Vs)40 [17, 18]10 [16]
Lattice constant (A°)5.65 [15]5.65 [15]
Absorption coefficients (m−1)Data from [19]Data from [20]