Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology

Joshua J. Williams; Heather McFavilen; Alec M. Fischer; Ding Ding; Steven R. Young; Ehsan Vadiee; Fernando Ponce; Chantal Arena; Christiana Honsberg; Stephen Goodnick

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366449

Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology

Joshua J. Williams, Heather McFavilen, Alec M. Fischer, Ding Ding, Steven R. Young, Ehsan Vadiee, Fernando Ponce, Chantal Arena, Christiana Honsberg, Stephen Goodnick

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The III-N material class of semiconductors exhibits desirable properties for construction of a cell for integration with the thermal receiver of a concentrated solar plant. We design a GaN-InGaN based solar cell for operation at 450 °C. An MQW structure for the InGaN absorber is selected to improve voltage through improved material quality. Cell performance shows a VOC of 2.4 V for room temperature and 1.7 V at operating temperature and 300× suns. EQE measurements show little cell performance decrease up to 500 °C. Repeated measurements indicate the device to be thermally robust.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	604-607
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509056057
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366449
State	Published - 2017
Event	44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 - Washington, United States Duration: Jun 25 2017 → Jun 30 2017

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Other	44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	6/25/17 → 6/30/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Williams, J. J., McFavilen, H., Fischer, A. M., Ding, D., Young, S. R., Vadiee, E., Ponce, F., Arena, C., Honsberg, C., & Goodnick, S. (2017). Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology. In 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 (pp. 604-607). (2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366449

Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology. / Williams, Joshua J.; McFavilen, Heather; Fischer, Alec M. et al.
2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 604-607 (2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Williams, JJ, McFavilen, H, Fischer, AM, Ding, D, Young, SR, Vadiee, E, Ponce, F, Arena, C, Honsberg, C & Goodnick, S 2017, Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology. in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 604-607, 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, Washington, United States, 6/25/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366449

Williams JJ, McFavilen H, Fischer AM, Ding D, Young SR, Vadiee E et al. Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology. In 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 604-607. (2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366449

Williams, Joshua J. ; McFavilen, Heather ; Fischer, Alec M. et al. / Development of a high-band gap high temperature III-nitride solar cell for integration with concentrated solar power technology. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 604-607 (2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017).

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