The Effect of Self-Organization Processes in Photocell Materials on Solar Energy Photovoltaic Conversion

摘要

The possible development of self-organization processes in materials with defect-impurity complexes of any ionized impurity-vacancy type is exhibited. With uniform excitation of a homogeneous material, the recombination rate can be self-inhibited, thus giving rise to a Dember type of cooperative photo-emf. The cooperative and common photo-emfs of a p-n-junction can improve photovoltaic conversion in solar cells.