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

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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The study investigates the applicability of resonant tunneling phenomenon for efficient extraction of photogenerated carriers from quantum wells in the electric field of the p-i-n junction. It was found that efficient functioning of the photocarrier extraction mechanism requires resonant tunnel channels for both electrons and holes to be implemented.