[HTML][HTML] Wide-bandgap III-V materials for high efficiency air and underwater optical photovoltaic power transmission

P Sanmartín, F Almonacid, MA Ceballos… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-power optical transmission (HPOT) enables the uninterrupted transfer of power in the
order of hundreds of watts over several kilometers, freeing power systems from traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Onset of Quantum-Confined Stark Effects in Multijunction Photovoltaic Laser Power Converters Designed with Thin Subcells

S Fafard, D Masson - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photovoltaic multijunction power-converting III–V semiconductor devices generate electrical
power from the optical energy of laser beams. They exhibit conversion efficiencies reaching …

High-performance laser power converts for wireless information transmission applications

Y Gou, H Wang, J Wang, Y Chen, Z Mou, Y Chen… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Laser Power Converters (LPCs) are components of the laser wireless power transmission
(LWPT) system receiving laser power. This paper proposes a comprehensive test method …

[HTML][HTML] Design and Research of Laser Power Converter (LPC) for Passive Optical Fiber Audio Transmission System Terminal

Y Zhou, C Guan, H Lv, Y Zhang, R Zhou, W Chu, P Lv… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In environments like coal mines and oil wells, electrical equipment carries the risk of
disasters such as underground fires and methane gas explosions. However, communication …

Overcoming optical‐electrical grid design trade‐offs for cm2‐sized high‐power GaAs photonic power converters by plating technology

H Helmers, E Oliva, M Schachtner… - Progress in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The optimization of III‐V‐based photovoltaic cells involves addressing the trade‐off between
optical losses due to grid shading and electrical losses due to series resistance. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] Optical Wireless Power Transmission under Deep Seawater Using GaInP Solar Cells

R Takahashi, S Hayashi, K Watanabe, L Jikun, T Iida… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Optical wireless power transmission (OWPT) attracts attention because it enables wireless
power transfer over longer distances than current wireless power transfer methods …

Advancing solar energy conversion efficiency to 47.6% and exploring the spectral versatility of III-V photonic power converters

H Helmers, O Höhn, D Lackner… - Physics, Simulation …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
III-V compound semiconductors provide a high degree of flexibility in bandgap engineering
and can be realized through epitaxial growth in high quality. This enables versatile spectral …

[HTML][HTML] 67.5% Efficient InP-Based Laser Power Converters at 1470 nm at 77 K

S Fafard, D Masson - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in long wavelength and cryogenic laser power converters have
unlocked record performances in both areas. Here, devices for an optical input at~ 1470 nm …

Wet-Etching of Acoustically Spalled GaAs for Substrate Reuse

AN Neumann, PG Coll, MI Bertoni… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic spalling is a promising technique for substrate reuse in the fabrication of gallium
arsenide (GaAs) photovoltaic cells. However, the acoustic spalling process can leave the …

High-performance laser power converters with resistance to thermal annealing

Y Gou, Z Mou, H Wang, Y Chen, J Wang, H Yang… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
High-performance laser power converters are crucial for laser wireless power transmission
systems. Through the optimization of the resistive thermal annealing temperature applied to …