Opportunities and challenges for development of a mature concentrating photovoltaic power industry (revision)

S Kurtz - 2012 - osti.gov
This report summarizes the current status of the CPV industry and is updated from previous
versions to include information from the last year. New information presented at the CPV-8 …

Tunnel-junction-limited multijunction solar cell performance over concentration

AW Walker, O Thériault, MM Wilkins… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The simulation of tunnel junctions is performed by using nonlocal band-to-band and trap
assisted tunneling models that are capable of reproducing the experimental current-voltage …

The effects of absorption and recombination on quantum dot multijunction solar cell efficiency

AW Walker, O Thériault, JF Wheeldon… - IEEE journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The key characteristics of quantum dot (QD)-enhanced multijunction solar cells (MJSC) are
explored theoretically by focusing on the generation and recombination rates throughout the …

Impact of photon recycling and luminescence coupling on III–V single and dual junction photovoltaic devices

AW Walker, O Höhn, DN Micha… - … of Photonics for …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Modeling single junction solar cells composed of III–V semiconductors such as GaAs with
the effects of photon recycling yields insight into design and material criteria required for …

Temperature dependent external quantum efficiency simulations and experimental measurement of lattice matched quantum dot enhanced multi-junction solar cells

AW Walker, JF Wheeldon, O Thériault… - 2011 37th IEEE …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The external quantum efficiency (EQE) of a high efficiency lattice matched multi-junction
solar cell (MJSC) and a quantum dot enhanced MJSC are numerically simulated. An …

The dependence of multijunction solar cell performance on the number of quantum dot layers

AW Walker, O Theriault, K Hinzer - IEEE Journal of Quantum …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance improvements of adding InAs quantum dots (QDs) in the middle subcell of
a lattice matched triple-junction InGaP/InGaAs/Ge photovoltaic device are studied using the …

Impact of photon recycling and luminescence coupling in III-V photovoltaic devices

AW Walker, O Höhn, DN Micha… - Physics, Simulation …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Single junction photovoltaic devices composed of direct bandgap III-V semiconductors such
as GaAs can exploit the effects of photon recycling to achieve record-high open circuit …

Positioning and do** effects on quantum dot multi‐junction solar cell performance

AW Walker, O Thériault, K Hinzer - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The positioning of InAs quantum dot (QD) layers in a triple‐junction GaInP/Ga (In) As/Ge
solar cell is studied using numerical modeling techniques. An effective medium is used to …

Carrier dynamics in quantum-dot multijunction solar cells under concentration

AW Walker, O Thériault, K Hinzer - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The key performance metrics of quantum-dot (QD)-lattice-matched multijunction solar cells
(MJSCs) composed of InGaP/(In) GaAs/Ge with InAs/GaAs QDs are explored under high …

Numerical investigation of the cooling temperature of the InGaP/InGaAs/Ge subcells under the concentrated illumination

K Djermane, S Kadri, A Habbab… - … für Naturforschung A, 2020 - degruyter.com
The multijunction solar cells performances study is essential for the design of the high-
concentration photovoltaic. These cells can operate over a wide range of the incident …