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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"III-V solar cells"”.
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Design and growth of wide-bandgap III-V solar cells on silicon by molecular beam epitaxy
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Ultra-thin III-V photovoltaic technology for space applications
… efficiency and resilience to space radiation, III-V semiconductor material-based PV technology is the leading choice for power generation in space applications. However, III-V solar cells are still limited by high material and manufacturing costs, which are further pronounced by the recent …
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Design of III-V Multijunction Solar Cells on Silicon Substrate
… globe, achieving high efficiency and low cost solar cells have long been the key objective for photovoltaic researchers. III-V compound semiconductor based multijunction solar cells have been the dominant choice for space power due to their superior performance compared to any other existing …
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Heterogeneous Integration of III-V Multijunction Solar Cells on Si Substrate: Cell Design and Modeling, Epitaxial Growth and Fabrication
Achieving high efficiency solar cells and concurrently driving down the cell cost has been among the key objectives for photovoltaic researchers to attain a lower levelized cost of energy (LCOE). While the performance of silicon (Si) based solar cells have almost saturated at an efficiency of ~25%, …
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Germanium-on-silicon virtual substrate for lateral multijunction photovoltaics
Lateral multijunction photovoltaics based on III-V direct band gap semiconductors enable efficient energy conversion. However, lattice matching between cell and substrate requires the use of expensive Ge or III-V substrates, which limits widespread application of III-V solar cells. Cost reduction …
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Heteroepitaxial Germanium-on-Silicon Thin-Films for Electronic and Photovoltaic Applications
Developing high efficiency solar cells for lower manufacturing costs has been a key objective for photovoltaic researchers to drive down the levelized cost of energy for solar power. In this pursuit, III-V compound semiconductor based solar cells have steadily shown performance improvement at …
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Modeling of Bragg reflectors to increase performance of high efficiency III-V multijunction solar cells
High efficiency III-V solar cells are important for solar concentrator systems and space applications. To increase the efficiency of these cells, creative methods have been employed such as adding quantum wells in stress-balanced superlatticies to get closer to the ideal bandgaps for three junction …
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Assembly and light management of solar microcells for concentration photovoltaics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2020-08-01
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Germanium on silicon heteroepitaxy for high efficiency photovoltaic devices
Optoelectronic devices based on III-V direct gap semiconductors enable efficient energy conversion for photovoltaic cells, light emission for LEDs, and on-chip communication via various microphotonic components. However, widespread adoption of III-V solar cells is limited by the expensive Germanium …