Paige Wilson,1 Gavin P. Forcade,1 Robert F. H. Hunter,1 Meghan N. Beattie,1 Alexandre W. Walker,2 Yuri Grinberg,2 Henning Helmershttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-7651,3 Oliver Hohn,3 David Lackner,3 Jacob J. Krich,1 Karin Hinzer1
1Univ. of Ottawa (Canada) 2National Research Council Canada (Canada) 3Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE (Germany)
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Photonic power converters (PPCs) are photovoltaic cells that convert monochromatic light into electric power. The impact of luminescent coupling (LC) on InGaAs-based PPCs is studied. Multi-junction PPCs are simulated using an experimentally validated drift-diffusion model, and the contribution of LC is quantified. Up to 85% of the photons emitted across the InGaAs layers are re-absorbed in the dual-junction device considered. This number increases to 96% when a back reflector is included due to improved light management. Interference effects produced by multiple reflections are examined as a function of the emission angle.
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Paige Wilson, Gavin P. Forcade, Robert F. H. Hunter, Meghan N. Beattie, Alexandre W. Walker, Yuri Grinberg, Henning Helmers, Oliver Hohn, David Lackner, Jacob J. Krich, Karin Hinzer, "Quantifying the luminescent coupling process in C-band multi-junction photonic power converters," Proc. SPIE PC12881, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, PC128810J (9 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000797