TY - GEN
T1 - Very high efficiency solar cells
AU - Barnett, Allen
AU - Kirkpatrick, Douglas
AU - Honsberg, Christiana
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has initiated the Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program to address the critical need of the soldier for power in the field. Very High Efficiency Solar Cells for portable applications 1,2 that operate at greater than 55 percent efficiency in the laboratory and 50 percent in production are being developed. We are integrating the optical design with the solar cell design, and have entered previously unoccupied design space that leads to a new architecture paradigm. An integrated team effort is now underway that requires us to invent, develop and transfer to production these new solar cells. Our approach is driven by proven quantitative models for the solar cell design, the optical design and the integration of these designs. We start with a very high performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform. Examples will be presented. Initial solar cell device results are shown for devices fabricated in geometries designed for this VHESC Program.
AB - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has initiated the Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program to address the critical need of the soldier for power in the field. Very High Efficiency Solar Cells for portable applications 1,2 that operate at greater than 55 percent efficiency in the laboratory and 50 percent in production are being developed. We are integrating the optical design with the solar cell design, and have entered previously unoccupied design space that leads to a new architecture paradigm. An integrated team effort is now underway that requires us to invent, develop and transfer to production these new solar cells. Our approach is driven by proven quantitative models for the solar cell design, the optical design and the integration of these designs. We start with a very high performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform. Examples will be presented. Initial solar cell device results are shown for devices fabricated in geometries designed for this VHESC Program.
KW - Architectures
KW - High-efficiency
KW - Solar cell
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33751110943
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33751110943#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1117/12.684418
DO - 10.1117/12.684418
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33751110943
SN - 0819464171
SN - 9780819464170
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems III
T2 - Nonimaging Optics and Efficient Illumination Systems III
Y2 - 13 August 2006 through 15 August 2006
ER -