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Kinetics of Photostimulated Transport in Resonant Tunneling Quantum Well Structures in the Electric Field of a p–i–n Photovoltaic Cell

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The applicability of the resonant tunneling phenomenon for efficient extraction of photogenerated carriers from quantum wells in the electric field of the p–i–n junction is studied. It was found and shown that the efficient functioning of the considered mechanism of photocarrier extraction from quantum wells requires not only a resonant tunnel channel only for electrons; an identical tunnel channel for holes should be implemented. Quantum-well structures implementing the resonant-tunneling mechanism of photoelectron and photohole extraction are developed and proposed.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-02-00874-a.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. A. Mityagin, P. S. Klemmer & M. P. Telenkov

  2. National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, 115409, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. A. Mityagin

  3. National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, 119049, Moscow, Russia

    P. S. Klemmer & Ravi Kumar

  4. Department of Physics, Manipal Institute of Technology Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, 576104, Manipal, India

    K. K. Nagaraja

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Mityagin, Y.A., Klemmer, P.S., Telenkov, M.P. et al. Kinetics of Photostimulated Transport in Resonant Tunneling Quantum Well Structures in the Electric Field of a p–i–n Photovoltaic Cell. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 49, 151–157 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335622060069

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