[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 …

Measurement of strong photon recycling in ultra‐thin GaAs n/p junctions monolithically integrated in high‐photovoltage vertical epitaxial heterostructure architectures …

F Proulx, MCA York, PO Provost, R Arès… - physica status solidi …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photon‐recycling effects are studied experimentally in photovoltaic power converting III–V
semiconductor devices designed with the vertical epitaxial heterostructure architecture …

[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 …

High efficiency phototransducers based on a novel vertical epitaxial heterostructure architecture (VEHSA) with thin p/n junctions

MCA York, S Fafard - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review outlines a series of developments in the design, modelling and growth of multi-
junction laser power converters, including several observations of multi-junction GaAs …

Design and fabrication of six-volt vertically-stacked GaAs photovoltaic power converter

Y Zhao, Y Sun, Y He, S Yu, J Dong - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A six-volt vertically-stacked, high current GaAs photovoltaic power converter (PPC) has been
designed and fabricated to produce output power over 1 W under monochromatic …

Pushing the limits of concentrated photovoltaic solar cell tunnel junctions in novel high‐efficiency GaAs phototransducers based on a vertical epitaxial heterostructure …

D Masson, F Proulx, S Fafard - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A monolithic compound semiconductor phototransducer optimized for narrow‐band light
sources was designed for achieving conversion efficiencies exceeding 50%. The III‐V …

Single atomically sharp lateral monolayer p‐n heterojunction solar cells with extraordinarily high power conversion efficiency

ML Tsai, MY Li, JRD Retamal, KT Lam… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The recent development of 2D monolayer lateral semiconductor has created new paradigm
to develop p‐n heterojunctions. Albeit, the growth methods of these heterostructures …

Device physics of van der Waals heterojunction solar cells

MM Furchi, F Höller, L Dobusch… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2018 - nature.com
Heterostructures based on atomically thin semiconductors are considered a promising
emerging technology for the realization of ultrathin and ultralight photovoltaic solar cells on …

Performance-limiting factors for GaAs-based single nanowire photovoltaics

X Wang, MR Khan, M Lundstrom, P Bermel - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
GaAs nanowires (NWs) offer the possibility of decoupling light absorption from charge
transport for high-performance photovoltaic (PV) devices. However, it is still an open …

Low-pressure PVD growth SnS/InSe vertical heterojunctions with type-II band alignment for typical nanoelectronics

P Gao, M Yang, C Wang, H Li, B Yang, Z Zheng, N Huo… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) polarization-sensitive detection as a new photoelectric application
technology is extensively investigated. However, most devices are mainly based on …