@inproceedings{426115e11d23446c91bb277a126cff2a,
title = "Improving the radiation hardness of space solar cells via nanophotonic light trapping",
abstract = "We show that the radiation-hardness of space solar cells can be significantly improved by employing nanophotonic light trapping. Two light-trapping structures are investigated in this work. In the first, an array of Al nanoparticles is embedded within the anti-reflection coating of a GaInP/InGaAs/Ge solar cell. A combined experimental and simulation study shows that this structure is unlikely to lead to an improvement in radiation hardness. In the second, a diffractive structure is positioned between the middle cell and the bottom cell. Computational results, obtained using an experimentally validated electro-optical simulation tool, show that a properly designed light-trapping structure in this position can lead to a relative 10% improvement in the middle-cell photocurrent at end-of-life.",
author = "A. Mellor and Hylton, {N. P.} and Ch Wellens and T. Thomas and Y. Al-Saleh and V. Giannini and A. Braun and H. Hauser and Maier, {S. A.} and Ekins-Daukes, {N. J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 ; Conference date: 25-06-2017 Through 30-06-2017",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366800",
language = "English",
series = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "1--4",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017",
address = "United States",
}
