Thin film light-trapping enhanced quantum dot photovoltaic cells: an enabling technology for high power-to-weight ratio space solar arrays.

Informazioni relative al progetto

TFQD

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 687253

DOI

10.3030/687253

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 11 Novembre 2015

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2016

Data di completamento 31 Dicembre 2018

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Costo totale

€ 1 008 376,25

Contributo UE

€ 1 008 376,25

Coordinato da

POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Italy

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Risultati finali

Documents, reports (5)

Summary of the entire action, describing the overview of the results and their exploitation and dissemination, the conclusions on the action and its socio-economic impact

Conclusive update of the dissemination and exploitation plan, possibly addressing future actions, beyond the project life, based on the project results.

Solar cells Requirements Specification and Test Flow Specification

Specification of the Solar cells Requirements and of the Test Flow for the demonstrators, based on the iteration among all partners (see Task 2.1)

Refined Test requirement specifications

Updated version of “Test requirements specifications” will be issued to drive the test activities and to fix success criteria. The test flow (whose draft version will be reported in D2.1) will be in fact refined according to the project needs and input from the exploitation Task 7.2, in order to achieve in the most efficient way the project objectives.

Initial dissemination and exploitation plan.

Initial Plan of dissemination and exploitation, including a detailed description of procedures for dissemination and quality assurance.

Interim plan for dissemination and exploitation: check of measures and update

Updated version of report D7.2

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

"The project website will include - an “internal secured area”, accessible only to the project partners through secure login; - an “open access area” devoted to public dissemination. Material published in the open access area of the website will be always prepared as a digestive version of internal documents and reports, i.e. without sensitive technical details needed to replicate the technology, for the sake of both dual use prevention and IPR protection. The deliverable explicitly refer to the ""open access area""."

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (8)

Wafer-based QD solar cell targeting 100 QD layers with density of 1e11 cm^-2

Demonstrator of MBE grown wafer-based QD cells with optmized number of QD layers and QD density per layer

First ELO processed regular and QD cells from UCL epilayers

fully processed plain (i.e. with planar ARC/reflector) GaAs and QDs thin film cells for an early assessment of the device development from the electrical/material/thin-film processing standpoint.

Batch of 44 1cm^2 TFQD solar cells available for space qualification test

Batch of large-area photonically enhanced ELO thin-film cells

Wafer-based QD solar cell targeting open circuit voltage higher than 0.95 V and efficiency higher than 18% without AR coating

Demonstrators of wafer-based QD cells with optimized epilayers

First photon-recycling enhanced thin-film solar cells from UCL layers

Fully processed thin-film cells with optimized planar back-reflector for enhanced cell efficiency by photon recycling

Optimized photon-recycling enhanced thin-film solar cell benchmark

Fully processed thin-film cells with optimized back-reflector for enhanced cell efficiency by photon recycling.

Fully-processed wafer-based QD solar cell benchmark from structures delivered by UCL

Fully-processed (i.e. with planar ARC) wafer based cells to be used as benchmark for the final assessment of the performance of the thin-film photonically-enhanced QD cell.

Optimized nanostructured ARC with reflectivity less than 5% over the whole GaAs and QD spectrum

Stand-alone demonstrators of nanostructured Anti Reflection Coatings suitable for the following integration in QD thin film cells

Pubblicazioni

Conference proceedings (13)

Enabling High-Efficiency InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Solar Cells by Epitaxial Lift-Off and Light Management

Autori: F. Cappelluti, A. P. Cedola, A. Khalili, Farid Elsehrawy, G. Bauhuis, P. Mulder, J. Schermer, G. Bissels, T. Aho, T. Niemi, M. Guina, D. Kim, J. Wu, H. Liu
Pubblicato in: 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017, Pagina/e 1189-1192, ISBN 978-1-5090-5605-7
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2017.8366631

Metal/Polymer Back Reflectors with Diffraction Gratings for Light Trapping in III-V Solar Cells

Autori: Timo Aho, Mircea Guina, Farid Elsehrawy, Federica Cappelluti, Marianna Raappana, Antti Tukiainen, A B M Khairul Alam, Ismo Vartiainen, Markku Kuittinen, Tapio Niemi
Pubblicato in: 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 2018, Pagina/e 2847-2851, ISBN 978-1-5386-8529-7
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547661

Comparison of ‘shallow’ and ‘deep’ junction architectures for MBE-grown InAs/GaAs quantum dot solar cells

Autori: Antti Tukiainen, Jari Lyytikainen, Timo Aho, Eero Halonen, Marianna Raappana, Federica Cappelluti, Mircea Guina
Pubblicato in: 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 2018, Pagina/e 2950-2952, ISBN 978-1-5386-8529-7
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8548180

PHOTON RECYCLING IN THIN-FILM GAAS SOLAR CELLS

Autori: Natasha Gruginskie, Gerard Bauhuis, Peter Mulder, Elias Vlieg, John Schermer
Pubblicato in: VII Congresso Brasileiro de Energia Solar-CBENS 2018. 2018., Numero yearly, 2018
Editore: VII Congresso Brasileiro de Energia Solar

Improved Light Trapping in Quantum Dot Solar Cells Using Double-sided Nanostructuring

Autori: Farid Elsehrawy, Timo Aho, Tapio Niemi, Mircea Guina, Federica Cappelluti
Pubblicato in: Light, Energy and the Environment 2018 (E2, FTS, HISE, SOLAR, SSL), 2018, Pagina/e JM4A.5, ISBN 978-1-943580-47-7
Editore: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/ee.2018.jm4a.5

Progress towards high efficiency thin-film III-V quantum dot solar cells for space

Autori: T. Aho, A. Tukiainen, F. Elsehrawy, A. Khalili, J. Lyytikäinen, E. Halonen, T. Niemi, M. Guina, F. Cappelluti
Pubblicato in: EU PVSEC proceedings, Numero yearly, 2018, Pagina/e 965-968, ISBN 3-936338-50-7
Editore: EU PVSEC
DOI: 10.4229/35theupvsec20182018-4co.5.5

Back grating optimization for light trapping in thin-film quantum dot solar cells

Autori: F. Elsehrawy, F. Cappelluti, T. Aho, T. Niemi, V. Polojärvi, M. Guina
Pubblicato in: 19th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2017), Numero yearly, 2017, Pagina/e 34 (4 .)-34 (4 .), ISBN 978-1-78561-757-7
Editore: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2017.0209

Increased Performance of Thin-film GaAs Solar Cells with Improved Rear Interface Reflectivity

Autori: Natasha Gruginskie, Federica Cappelluti, Maarten van Eerden, Ariel P. Cedola, Gerard J. Bauhuis, Peter Mulder, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Pubblicato in: 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 2018, Pagina/e 0891-0895, ISBN 978-1-5386-8529-7
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8548151

Study of light-trapping enhanced quantum dot solar cells based on electrical and optical numerical simulations

Autori: Federica Cappelluti, Antonio Musu, Arastoo Khalili
Pubblicato in: 2016 Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW) [Includes 28th International Conference on Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM) & 43rd International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), 2016, Pagina/e 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5090-1964-9
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iciprm.2016.7528629

Structured Metal/Polymer Back Reflectors for III–V Solar Cells

Autori: Timo Aho, Tapio Niemi, Federica Cappelluti, Antti Tukiainen, Farid Elsehrawy, Mircea Guina
Pubblicato in: Light, Energy and the Environment, 2017, Pagina/e JW5A.23, ISBN 978-1-943580-36-1
Editore: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/pv.2017.jw5a.23

Guided-Mode Resonance Gratings for Intermediate Band Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Autori: Farid Elsehrawy, Tapio Niemi, Federica Cappelluti
Pubblicato in: Light, Energy and the Environment, 2017, Pagina/e PM3A.4, ISBN 978-1-943580-36-1
Editore: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/PV.2017.PM3A.4

Nanostructures for light management in thin-film GaAs quantum dot solar cells

Autori: Antonio Musu, Federica Cappelluti, Timo Aho, Ville Polojärvi, Tapio K. Niemi, Mircea Guina
Pubblicato in: Light, Energy and the Environment, Numero yearly, 2016, Pagina/e JW4A.45, ISBN 978-0-9600380-4-6
Editore: OSA
DOI: 10.1364/FTS.2016.JW4A.45

Numerical study of thin-film quantum-dot solar cells combining selective doping and light-trapping approaches

Autori: Federica Cappelluti, Mariangela Gioannini, Giovanni Ghione, Arastoo Khalili
Pubblicato in: 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Numero yearly, 2016, Pagina/e 1282-1286, ISBN 978-1-5090-2724-8
Editore: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749821

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Temperature-Induced Degradation of Thin-Film III–V Solar Cells for Space Applications

Autori: Rosalinda H. van Leest, Peter Mulder, Natasha Gruginskie, Simone C. W. van Laar, Gerard J. Bauhuis, Hyenseok Cheun, Heonmin Lee, Wonki Yoon, Remco van der Heijden, Ed Bongers, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Pubblicato in: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Numero 7/2, 2017, Pagina/e 702-708, ISSN 2156-3381
Editore: IEEE Electron Devices Society
DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2016.2642642

Light-trapping enhanced thin-film III-V quantum dot solar cells fabricated by epitaxial lift-off

Autori: F. Cappelluti, D. Kim, M. van Eerden, A.P. Cédola, T. Aho, G. Bissels, F. Elsehrawy, J. Wu, H. Liu, P. Mulder, G. Bauhuis, J. Schermer, T. Niemi, M. Guina
Pubblicato in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Numero 181, 2018, Pagina/e 83-92, ISSN 0927-0248
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.12.014

Increased performance of thin-film GaAs solar cells by rear contact/mirror patterning

Autori: N. Gruginskie, S.C.W. van Laar, G. Bauhuis, P. Mulder, M. van Eerden, E. Vlieg, J.J. Schermer
Pubblicato in: Thin Solid Films, Numero 660, 2018, Pagina/e 10-18, ISSN 0040-6090
Editore: Elsevier Sequoia
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2018.05.042

Physics-Based Modeling and Experimental Study of Si-Doped InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Autori: A. P. Cédola, D. Kim, A. Tibaldi, M. Tang, A. Khalili, J. Wu, H. Liu, F. Cappelluti
Pubblicato in: International Journal of Photoenergy, Numero 2018, 2018, Pagina/e 1-10, ISSN 1110-662X
Editore: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
DOI: 10.1155/2018/7215843

Guided-mode resonance gratings for enhanced mid-infrared absorption in quantum dot intermediate-band solar cells

Autori: Farid Elsehrawy, Tapio Niemi, Federica Cappelluti
Pubblicato in: Optics Express, Numero 26/6, 2018, Pagina/e A352, ISSN 1094-4087
Editore: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.00A352

Novel Concepts for High-Efficiency Lightweight Space Solar Cells

Autori: F. Cappelluti, G. Ghione, M. Gioannini, G. Bauhuis, P. Mulder, J. Schermer, M. Cimino, G. Gervasio, G. Bissels, E. Katsia, T. Aho, T. Niemi, M. Guina, D. Kim, J. Wu, H. Liu
Pubblicato in: E3S Web of Conferences, Numero 16, 2017, Pagina/e 03007, ISSN 2267-1242
Editore: edp sciences
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20171603007

Comparison of metal/polymer back reflectors with half-sphere, blazed, and pyramid gratings for light trapping in III-V solar cells

Autori: Timo Aho, Mircea Guina, Farid Elsehrawy, Federica Cappelluti, Marianna Raappana, Antti Tukiainen, A. B. M. Khairul Alam, Ismo Vartiainen, Markku Kuittinen, Tapio Niemi
Pubblicato in: Optics Express, Numero 26/6, 2018, Pagina/e A331, ISSN 1094-4087
Editore: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.00a331

Enhancement of photocurrent in GaInNAs solar cells using Ag/Cu double-layer back reflector

Autori: Timo Aho, Arto Aho, Antti Tukiainen, Ville Polojärvi, Turkka Salminen, Marianna Raappana, Mircea Guina
Pubblicato in: Applied Physics Letters, Numero 109/25, 2016, Pagina/e 251104, ISSN 0003-6951
Editore: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/1.4972850