68.9% efficient GaAs‐based photonic power conversion enabled by photon recycling and optical resonance

H Helmers, E Lopez, O Höhn, D Lackner… - physica status solidi …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For solar cells operating under the broad‐band solar spectrum, the photovoltaic conversion
efficiency is fundamentally limited by transmission and thermalization losses. For …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective on photovoltaic optical power converters

S Fafard, DP Masson - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Optical wireless power transmission (OWPT) can be used for applications that cannot
access traditional power using metal wires. Photovoltaic power-converting III-V …

[HTML][HTML] High-efficiency and high-power multijunction InGaAs/InP photovoltaic laser power converters for 1470 nm

S Fafard, DP Masson - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Photonics | Free Full-Text | High-Efficiency and High-Power Multijunction InGaAs/InP
Photovoltaic Laser Power Converters for 1470 nm Next Article in Journal Prediction of the …

74.7% Efficient GaAs-based laser power converters at 808 nm at 150 K

S Fafard, DP Masson - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
High-efficiency multijunction laser power converters are demonstrated for low temperature
applications with an optical input at 808 nm. The photovoltaic power converting III-V …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrahigh efficiencies in vertical epitaxial heterostructure architectures

S Fafard, MCA York, F Proulx, CE Valdivia… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Optical to electrical power converting semiconductor devices were achieved with
breakthrough performance by designing a Vertical Epitaxial Heterostructure Architecture …

[HTML][HTML] High-photovoltage GaAs vertical epitaxial monolithic heterostructures with 20 thin p/n junctions and a conversion efficiency of 60%

S Fafard, F Proulx, MCA York, LS Richard… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Photovoltaic power converting III–V semiconductor devices based on the Vertical Epitaxial
HeteroStructure Architecture (VEHSA) design have been achieved with up to 20 thin p/n …

Vertical multi-junction laser power converters with 61% efficiency at 30 W output power and with tolerance to beam non-uniformity, partial illumination, and beam …

S Fafard, D Masson - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stable and reliable optical power converting devices are obtained using vertical multi-
junction laser power converters. They are based on the GaAs and the InP material systems …

Power and spectral range characteristics for optical power converters

S Fafard, D Masson, JG Werthen, J Liu, TC Wu… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
High-performance optical power converters (OPCs) enable isolated electrical power and
power beaming applications at new wavelengths and higher output powers. Broadcom's …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of multiterminal tandem photovoltaic devices and their subcell coupling

JF Geisz, WE McMahon, J Buencuerpo… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Three-terminal (3T) and four-terminal (4T) tandem photovoltaic (PV) devices using
various materials have been increasingly reported in the literature, but measurement …

Characteristics of 1520 nm InGaAs multijunction laser power converters

AC Wang, YR Sun, SZ Yu, JJ Yin, W Zhang… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Eight-junction In0. 53Ga0. 47As laser power converters (LPCs) designed for
converting the laser energy around 1520 nm are demonstrated with a maximum room …