Back Reflector with Diffractive Gratings for Light-Trapping in Thin-Film III-V Solar Cells

Timo Aho; Antti Tukiainen; Farid Elsehrawy; Sanna Ranta; Marianna Raappana; Arto Aho; Riku Isoaho; Federica Cappelluti; Mircea Guina

doi:10.1109/ESPC47532.2019.9049262

Back Reflector with Diffractive Gratings for Light-Trapping in Thin-Film III-V Solar Cells

Timo Aho, Antti Tukiainen, Farid Elsehrawy, Sanna Ranta, Marianna Raappana, Arto Aho, Riku Isoaho, Federica Cappelluti, Mircea Guina

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Abstract

We report on the development of light-trapping architectures applied to thin-film solar cells. In particular, we focus on enhancing the absorption at 1-eV spectral range for dilute nitride and quantum dot materials and report on the influence of planar back reflectors on the photovoltaic properties. Moreover, we discuss the properties of polymer diffraction gratings with enhanced light-trapping capability pointing to advantageous properties of pyramidal gratings. In order to understand the suitability of these polymer grating architectures for space applications, we have performed an electron irradiation study (1 MeV) revealing the absence of reflectance changes up to doses of 1×10 ¹⁵ e-/cm ² .

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 European Space Power Conference (ESPC)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-2126-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-2127-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ESPC47532.2019.9049262
Publication status	Published - 2019
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	European Space Power Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2000 → …

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Conference	European Space Power Conference
Period	1/01/00 → …

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Solar Cell
Semiconducting III-V Materials

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

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Back Reflector with Diffractive Gratings for Light-Trapping in Thin-Film III-V Solar Cells
Aho, T. (Speaker), Tukiainen, A. (Contributor), Elsehrawy, F. (Contributor), Ranta, S. (Contributor), Raappana, M. (Contributor), Aho, A. (Contributor), Isoaho, R. (Contributor), Cappelluti, F. (Contributor) & Guina, M. (Contributor)
1 Oct 2019
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Back Reflector with Diffractive Gratings for Light-Trapping in Thin-Film III-V Solar Cells

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