@inproceedings{a2b164f29b024f719e7be2af5cfa460c,
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} 2016 IEEE.; 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 ; Conference date: 05-06-2016 Through 10-06-2016",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750298",
language = "English",
series = "Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "3401--3404",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016",
address = "United States",
}
