Toward high efficiency at high temperatures: Recent progress and prospects on InGaN-based solar cells

Y Zhao, M Xu, X Huang, J Lebeau, T Li, D Wang… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
III-nitride InGaN material is an ideal candidate for the fabrication of high performance
photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, especially for high-temperature applications. Over the past …

Solar cells operating under thermal stress

R Vaillon, S Parola, C Lamnatou… - Cell reports physical …, 2020 - cell.com
Operating a solar cell under thermal stress at temperatures> 100° C and up to 500° C seems
counterintuitive because conversion efficiency drops dramatically. Even so, there are cases …

Energy band engineering of InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well solar cells via AlGaN electron-and hole-blocking layers

X Huang, H Chen, H Fu, I Baranowski, J Montes… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we perform a comprehensive study on energy band engineering of InGaN
multi-quantum-well (MQW) solar cells using AlGaN electron-and hole-blocking layers …

High-temperature polarization-free III-nitride solar cells with self-cooling effects

X Huang, W Li, H Fu, D Li, C Zhang, H Chen… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
High-temperature photovoltaics (PV) for terrestrial and extraterrestrial applications have
presented demanding challenges for current solar cell materials, such as Si, III–V AlGaInP …

Characterizations of the nonlinear optical properties for (010) and (2 01) beta-phase gallium oxide

H Chen, H Fu, X Huang, JA Montes, TH Yang… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report, for the first time, the characterizations on optical nonlinearities of beta-phase
gallium oxide (β-Ga_2O_3), where both (010) β-Ga_2O_3 and (2¯ 01) β-Ga_2O_3 were …

[PDF][PDF] Accurate model for temperature dependence of solar cell performance according to phonon energy correction

Y Tiandho, W Sunanda, F Afriani, A Indriawati… - Latvian Journal of …, 2018 - sciendo.com
In many experiments, it has been reported that the performance of solar cells decreases with
increasing temperature. This effect arises due to an increase in the intrinsic carrier …

Impact of current-induced degradation process on the electro-optical characteristics of InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well photodetectors fabricated on sapphire …

P Dalapati, K Yamamoto, T Egawa… - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of defects on the degradation behaviors of InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well
photodetectors submitted to dc current stress has been intensively studied. The root …

High-Efficiency InGaN Photo Cell Irradiated by 532 nm Laser with AlGaN Electron Blocking Layer

HS Shan, SW Liu, N Wang, XY Li - ECS Journal of Solid State …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a high-efficiency InGaN photo cell irradiated by 532 nm laser (at green
wavelength) with AlGaN electron blocking layer (EBL) is proposed based on the blue-green …

Current-induced degradation behaviors of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well UV photodetectors: Role of electrically active defects

P Dalapati, A Almalki, S Alhassan, S Alotaibi… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
To examine the critical role of electrically active defects and surface states in InGaN/GaN
multiple quantum well (MQW) ultraviolet photodetectors (UV-PDs), the study of degradation …

Optically induced degradation due to thermally activated diffusion in GaN-based InGaN/GaN MQW solar cells

M Nicoletto, A Caria, C De Santi… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We extensively investigate the degradation of gallium nitride (GaN)-based high periodicity
indium GaN (InGaN)-GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) solar cells submitted to optical …