Quantum Well Solar Cells量子阱太阳能电池.pptVIP

Nanoscale Energy Conversion in the Quantum Well Solar Cell Keith Barnham, Ian Ballard, Amanda Chatten, Dan Farrell, Markus Fuhrer, Andreas Ioannides, David Johnson, Marianne Lynch, Massimo Mazzer, Tom Tibbits Experimental Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK k.barnham@ic.ac.uk http://www.sc.ic.ac.uk/~q_pv Rob Airey, Geoff Hill, John Roberts, Cath Calder, EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technology, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK Solarstructure , Permasteelisa, FULLSPECTRUM EU Framework VI, Outline First practical nanoscale photovoltaic cell Enhanced spectral range of the strain-balanced quantum well solar cell (SB-QWSC) Efficiency enhancement by photon recycling Evidence for hot electron effects in the QW Cell efficiency cell versus l or Eg GaAs cells - highest effic. single junction cells, Eg too high lower Eg = higher efficiency Can grow InyGa1-yAs bulk cells on virtual substrates but never dislocation free Maximum at 1.1 mm ~ 1.1 eV Multi-junction cells need 4th band-gap ~ 1.1 mm ~ 1.1 eV GaAsP/InGaAs Strain-Balanced QWSC SB-QWSC – Ideal Dark-Currents at High Concentration Dark current of 50 well QWSC Low current fits one parameter Shockley-Read-Hall model High (concentrator) current slope changes ideal Shockley current + radiative recombination in QW Minimum recombination radiative at concentrator current levels Investigation of Photon Cavity Effects 50 well SB- QWSC In0.1Ga0.9As wells GaAs0.91P0.09 barriers Control and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) devices grown side-by-side Distributed Bragg Reflectors Increase photon absorption Increase photocurrent No series resistance In-situ growth Concentrator Measurements Why the Efficiency Enhancement? Aim of DBR was to absorb photons on second pass Some photons from radiative recombination at high bias trapped in the device Single QW Electroluminescence low bias Single QW EL at hi