High performance broadband bismuth telluride tetradymite topological insulator photodiode

A Parbatani, ES Song, J Claypoole, B Yu - Nanotechnology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A small bulk gap and the presence of Dirac electrons due to conductive surface states make
tetradymite topological insulators promising candidates for optoelectronic devices. In this …

Light trapping structures for radiation hardness enhancement of space solar cells

NZ Vagidov, KH Montgomery, GK Bradshaw… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In an effort to reduce the radiation degradation of triple-junction solar cells, imbedded
photon management is investigated as a means for reducing the middle subcell thickness …

[HTML][HTML] Can plasmonic Al nanoparticles improve absorption in triple junction solar cells?

L Yang, S Pillai, MA Green - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Plasmonic nanoparticles located on the illuminated surface of a solar cell can perform the
function of an antireflection layer, as well as a scattering layer, facilitating light-trapping. Al …

Influence of receiver surface spectral selectivity on the solar-to-electric efficiency of a solar tower power plant

F Larrouturou, C Caliot, G Flamant - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The spectral selectivity results in increasing the absorption of the incident solar flux and
decreasing the radiative losses due to emission of heated walls. This study investigates the …

Simulation and fabrication of SiO2/graded-index TiO2 antireflection coating for triple-junction GaAs solar cells by using the hybrid deposition process

JJ Liu, WJ Ho, YY Lee, CM Chang - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
GaAs-based multi-junction solar cells (MJ-SCs) provide a wide solar-energy absorption-
band (300–1800 nm), but designing and fabricating a broadband antireflection coating …

Outdoor Characterization of Solar Cells With Microstructured Antireflective Coating in a Concentrator Photovoltaic Monomodule

AJK Leoga, A Ritou, M Blanchard… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microstructured antireflective coatings (ARCs) have been identified as a promising solution
to reduce optical losses in concentrator photovoltaics'(CPV) modules. We fabricated and …

Nanomechanical characterization of porous anodic aluminum oxide films by nanoindentation

Z Hu, M Shrestha, QH Fan - Thin Solid Films, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanostructured thin films have gained great interests in recent years due to their significantly
enhanced properties and great potential for various applications. Nanoindentation …

Tungsten-disulphide-based heterojunction photodetector

H Ahmad, H Rashid, MF Ismail, K Thambiratnam - Applied optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have realized significant new applications in photonics,
electronics, and optoelectronics. Among these materials is tungsten disulphide (WS_2) …

Analytical drift-diffusion modeling of GaAs solar cells incorporating a back mirror

MP Lumb, CG Bailey, JGJ Adams… - 2013 IEEE 39th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we extend the analytical drift-diffusion model, or Hovel model, to model the
electrical characteristics of solar cells incorporating a back mirror. We use a compact …

Isolation of III‐V/Ge Multijunction Solar Cells by Wet Etching

A Turala, A Jaouad, DP Masson… - International Journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microfabrication cycles of III‐V multijunction solar cells include several technological steps
and end with a wafer dicing step to separate individual cells. This step introduces damage at …