The electrical performance of ultra-thin (300 nm absorber layer) thin-film epitaxial lift-off (ELO) GaAs solar cells, with five different back reflector designs (planar Ag, patterned Ag, patterned ZnS/Ag, textured Ag and textured ZnS/Ag) were compared to identify the most promising reflector design for this type of cell. It was found that cells with patterned ZnS/Ag, textured Ag and textured ZnS/Ag all show an increased short circuit current density (Jsc) and thereby light conversion efficiency compared to cells with a planar Ag reflector, with the best results (15.4% Jsc increase for cells with antireflection coating) obtained for cells with a textured ZnS/Ag reflector. Further improvements to those back reflector designs are necessary, as there is still a significant gap to the Jsc values obtained for cells with a conventionally used thick absorber.


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    Title :

    Towards High-Efficiency Ultra-Thin GaAs Solar Cells for Space Applications: A Comparative Study of Back Reflector Designs


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    Publication date :

    2023-10-02


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    401167 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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