Ponce Alcántara, Salvador; Connolly, James Patrick; Sánchez Plaza, Guillermo; Minguez, José Manuel; Hoffmann, Volker; Ordas, Ramon(Elsevier, 2014)
This paper presents an experimental study of the variation in the performance of silicon solar cells with temperature. The cells studied were fabricated from standard electronic grade and upgraded metallurgical grade ...
Cabrera, C.I.; Rimada, J.C.; Hernandez, L.; Connolly, James Patrick; Enciso, A.; Contreras-Solorio, D. A.(AIP Publishing, 2014-04-28)
Strain-balanced quantum well solar cells (SB-QWSCs) extend the photon absorption edge beyond that of bulk GaAs by incorporation of quantum wells in the i-region of a p i n device. Anisotropy arises from a splitting of the ...
Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Lee, K.H.; Hirst, L.; Chan, A.; Fuehrer, M.; Adams, J.; Browne, B.; Barnham, K.W.J.; Stavrinou, P.; Connolly, James Patrick; Roberts, J. S.; Stevens, B.; Airey, R.; Kennedy, K.(IOP Publishing: Hybrid Open Access, 2013-07-03)
[EN] The inclusion of quantum well layers in a solar cell provides a means for extending the absorption and therefore increasing the photocurrent of the cell. In 2009, a single-junction GaAsP/InGaAs quantum well solar cell ...
Cabrera, C. I.; Rimada, J. C.; Connolly, James Patrick; Hernandez, L.(AIP Publishing, 2013-01-14)
A model of strain balanced quantum well solar cells is presented, together with a high efficiency design for a GaAsP/InGaAs/GaAs device. The effect of tensile and compressive strain on bandstructure is considered in order ...
Cortés Juan, Frederic; Espinosa Soria, Alba; Connolly, James Patrick; Sánchez Plaza, Guillermo; Hugonin, J.P.; Sanchis Kilders, Pablo(Elsevier, 2015)
[EN] We present a strategy for simulating the scattering effect of an array of self-aggregated (SA) metal nanoparticles (NPs) on the light absorption in solar cells. We include size and shape effects of the NPs, the effect ...