Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space

Alexandre Fedoseyev; Ashok Raman; David Thomas; Stuart Bowden; Jea Young Choi; Christiana Honsberg; Tanmay Monga

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Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space

Alexandre Fedoseyev, Ashok Raman, David Thomas, Stuart Bowden, Jea Young Choi, Christiana Honsberg, Tanmay Monga

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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)
Title of host publication	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV
Editors	Masakazu Sugiyama, Alexandre Freundlich, Jean-Francois Guillemoles
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781628414486
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081064
State	Published - 2015
Event	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV - San Francisco, United States Duration: Feb 10 2015 → Feb 12 2015

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9358
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	2/10/15 → 2/12/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Fedoseyev, A., Raman, A., Thomas, D., Bowden, S., Choi, J. Y., Honsberg, C., & Monga, T. (2015). Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space. In M. Sugiyama, A. Freundlich, & J.-F. Guillemoles (Eds.), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV Article 93580N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9358). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081064

Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space. / Fedoseyev, Alexandre; Raman, Ashok; Thomas, David et al.
Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV. ed. / Masakazu Sugiyama; Alexandre Freundlich; Jean-Francois Guillemoles. SPIE, 2015. 93580N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9358).

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Fedoseyev, A, Raman, A, Thomas, D, Bowden, S, Choi, JY, Honsberg, C & Monga, T 2015, Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space. in M Sugiyama, A Freundlich & J-F Guillemoles (eds), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV., 93580N, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9358, SPIE, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV, San Francisco, United States, 2/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081064

Fedoseyev A, Raman A, Thomas D, Bowden S, Choi JY, Honsberg C et al. Numerical modeling of radiation effects in Si solar cell for space. In Sugiyama M, Freundlich A, Guillemoles JF, editors, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV. SPIE. 2015. 93580N. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2081064

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