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Plasmonically Enhanced Spectral Upconversion for Improved Performance of GaAs Solar Cells under Nonconcentrated Solar Illumination

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Spectral upconversion has the potential to compensate for sub-bandgap transparency of single-junction solar cells. Here a composite module of GaAs solar cells is presented that can improve their one-Sun photovoltaic… Click to show full abstract

Spectral upconversion has the potential to compensate for sub-bandgap transparency of single-junction solar cells. Here a composite module of GaAs solar cells is presented that can improve their one-Sun photovoltaic performance by capturing long-wavelength photons below the bandgap via plasmonically enhanced spectral upconversion. Ultrathin, microscale GaAs solar cells released from the growth wafer and etched with a bottom contact layer are printed on a polymeric waveguide containing NaYF4:Er3+, Yb3+ upconversion nanocrystals (UCNC), coated on a plasmonic reflector composed of hole-post hybrid silver nanostructure. The photovoltaic efficiency of GaAs microcells on a UCNC-incorporated plasmonic substrate is increased by ∼6.4% (relative) and ∼11.8% (relative), respectively, compared to those on a nanostructured silver reflector without UCNC and on a plain silver reflector with UCNC, owing to the combined effects of local electric-field amplification to enhance the absorption of UCNC, augmented upconverted ...

Keywords: spectral upconversion; plasmonically enhanced; gaas solar; upconversion; solar cells

Journal Title: ACS Photonics
Year Published: 2018

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