[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Five-volt vertically-stacked, single-cell GaAs photonic power converter

CE Valdivia, MM Wilkins, B Bouzazi… - Physics, Simulation …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The high-efficiency conversion of photonic power into electrical power is of broad-range
applicability to many industries due to its electrical isolation from the surrounding …

[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 …

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 …

GaAs photovoltaics and optoelectronics using releasable multilayer epitaxial assemblies

J Yoon, S Jo, IS Chun, I Jung, HS Kim, M Meitl… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Compound semiconductors like gallium arsenide (GaAs) provide advantages over silicon for
many applications, owing to their direct bandgaps and high electron mobilities. Examples …

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 …