Abstract
Improvements to solar cell efficiency and radiation hardness that are compatible with low cost, high volume manufacturing processes are critical for power generation applications in future long-term NASA and DOD space missions. In this paper, we provide the results of numerical simulation of the radiation effects in a novel, ultra-thin (UT), Si photovoltaic cell technology that combines enhanced light trapping (LT) and absorption due to nanostructured surfaces, separation of photogenerated carriers by carrier selective contacts (CSC), and increased carrier density due to multiple exciton generation (MEG). Such solar cells have a potential to achieve high conversion efficiencies while shown to be rad-hard, lightweight, flexible, and low-cost, due to the use of Si high volume techniques.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Publisher | SPIE |
Volume | 9358 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781628414486 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Event | Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV - San Francisco, United States Duration: Feb 10 2015 → Feb 12 2015 |
Other
Other | Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV |
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Country | United States |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 2/10/15 → 2/12/15 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Mathematics
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics