Solar heating of GaAs nanowire solar cells

Wu, Shao-Hua; Povinelli, Michelle L.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.0A1363

Solar heating of GaAs nanowire solar cells

Journal Article · Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.0A1363· OSTI ID:1240847

Wu, Shao-Hua ^[1]; Povinelli, Michelle L. ^[2]

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering and Center for Energy Nanoscience; University of Southern California
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering and Center for Energy Nanoscience

We use a coupled thermal-optical approach to model the operating temperature rise in GaAs nanowire solar cells. Our findings show that despite more highly concentrated light absorption and lower thermal conductivity, the overall temperature rise in a nanowire structure is no higher than in a planar structure. Moreover, coating the nanowires with a transparent polymer can increase the radiative cooling power by 2.2 times, lowering the operating temperature by nearly 7 K.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Energy Nanoscience (CEN); Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001013

OSTI ID:: 1240847

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1369903

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 23; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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