Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering: A New Approach towards a Practical Solution

Hamidreza Esmaielpour; David K. Ferry; Tetsuya B. Mishima; Michael B. Santos; Vincent R. Whiteside; Ian R. Sellers

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980655

Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering: A New Approach towards a Practical Solution

Hamidreza Esmaielpour
, David K. Ferry
, Tetsuya B. Mishima
, Michael B. Santos
, Vincent R. Whiteside
, Ian R. Sellers

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of Oklahoma
Arizona State University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Here, a new approach to extract hot carriers and circumvent the thermalization losses in single energy gap solar cells is introduced. Specifically, it is proposed to harness the properties of metastable satellite valleys in the conduction band via enhanced inter-valley carrier scattering, which inhibits and subsequently facilitates hot carrier extraction. Two established III-V systems are proposed to demonstrate the potential of this protocol and provide a route to the long-sought hot carrier solar cell under standard AM 1.5G conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3001-3003
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728104942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980655
State	Published - Jun 2019
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: Jun 16 2019 → Jun 21 2019

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	06/16/19 → 06/21/19

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Esmaielpour, H., Ferry, D. K., Mishima, T. B., Santos, M. B., Whiteside, V. R., & Sellers, I. R. (2019). Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering: A New Approach towards a Practical Solution. In 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 (pp. 3001-3003). Article 8980655 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980655

Esmaielpour, Hamidreza ; Ferry, David K. ; Mishima, Tetsuya B. et al. / Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering : A New Approach towards a Practical Solution. 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 3001-3003 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Esmaielpour, H, Ferry, DK, Mishima, TB, Santos, MB, Whiteside, VR & Sellers, IR 2019, Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering: A New Approach towards a Practical Solution. in 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019., 8980655, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3001-3003, 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, Chicago, United States, 06/16/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980655

Hot Carrier Solar Cells based on Inter-Valley Phonon Scattering: A New Approach towards a Practical Solution. / Esmaielpour, Hamidreza; Ferry, David K.; Mishima, Tetsuya B. et al.
2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 3001-3003 8980655 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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