Broadband quasi-omnidirectional antireflection AlGaInP window for III-V multi-junction solar cells through thermally dewetted Au nanotemplate

doi:10.1364/OME.2.000173

Broadband quasi-omnidirectional antireflection AlGaInP window for III-V multi-junction solar cells through thermally dewetted Au nanotemplate

R. Y. Zhang, B. Shao, J. R. Dong, K. Huang, Y. M. Zhao, S. Z. Yu, and H. Yang »View Author Affiliations

Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 173-182 (2012)
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Al(Ga)InP subwavelength structures (SWS) were fabricated and optimized through thermally dewetted Au nanotemplate and ICP pattern-transfer. When λ< 900 nm, most AlGaInP nanostructures exhibit the reflectivity of less than 2% and insensitive to the incident angle up to 45°. When λ extends to 1800 nm, the reflectivity of less than 5% over 0°-45° is achieved in the optimized nanostructure, which benefits III-V multi-junction solar cells to improve their efficiency. Moreover, not only is such cost-effective nano-fabrication process completely compatible with the other processing of III-V solar cells, but their defined disordered SWS benefit the antireflection performance over broadband and wide view according to the comparison between the measurement and simulation results from AlGaInP SWS.

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(040.5350) Detectors : Photovoltaic
(220.4241) Optical design and fabrication : Nanostructure fabrication
(050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures

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Original Manuscript: November 14, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 1, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 9, 2012
Published: January 12, 2012

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R. Y. Zhang, B. Shao, J. R. Dong, K. Huang, Y. M. Zhao, S. Z. Yu, and H. Yang, "Broadband quasi-omnidirectional antireflection AlGaInP window for III-V multi-junction solar cells through thermally dewetted Au nanotemplate," Opt. Mater. Express 2, 173-182 (2012)
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Adv. Mater.

S. L. Diedenhofen, G. Vecchi, R. E. Algra, A. Hartsuiker, O. L. Muskens, G. Immink, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, W. L. Vos, and J. G. Rivas, “Broadband and omnidirectional antireflection coatings based on semiconductor nanorods,” Adv. Mater.21(9), 973–978 (2009). [CrossRef]
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Appl. Phys. Lett.

Y. Kanamori, K. Hane, H. Sai, and H. Yugami, “100nm period silicon antireflection structures fabricated using a porous alumina membrane mask,” Appl. Phys. Lett.78(2), 142–143 (2001). [CrossRef]
K. A. Bertness, S. R. Kurtz, D. J. Friedman, A. E. Kibbler, C. Kramer, and J. M. Olson, “29.5% efficient GaInP/GaAs tandem solar cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett.65(8), 989–991 (1994). [CrossRef]
R. R. King, D. C. Law, K. M. Edmondson, C. M. Fetzer, G. S. Kinsey, H. Yoon, R. A. Sherif, and N. H. Karam, “40% efficient metamorphic GaInP/GaInAs/Ge multi-junction solar cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett.90(18), 183516 (2007). [CrossRef]
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J. Appl. Phys.

L. D. Partain, M. S. Kuryla, R. E. Weiss, R. A. Ransom, P. S. Mcleod, L. M. Fraas, and J. A. Cape, “26.1% solar cell efficiency for Ge mechanically stacked under GaAs,” J. Appl. Phys.62(7), 3010–3015 (1987). [CrossRef]
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J. Cryst. Growth

M. Stan, D. Aiken, B. Cho, A. Cornfeld, V. Ley, P. Patel, P. Sharps, and T. Varghese, “High-efficiency quadruple junction solar cells using OMVPE with inverted metamorphic device structures,” J. Cryst. Growth312(8), 1370–1374 (2010). [CrossRef]

Nanoscale Res. Lett.

Y. Lee, K. Koh, H. Na, K. Kim, J.-J. Kang, and J. Kim, “Lithography-free fabrication of large area subwavelength antireflection structures using thermally dewetted Pt/Pd alloy etch mask,” Nanoscale Res. Lett.4(4), 364–370 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Acta (Lond.)

S. J. Wilson and M. C. Hutley, “The optical properties of ‘Moth eye’ antireflection surfaces,” Opt. Acta (Lond.)29(7), 993–1009 (1982). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells

J. Tommila, V. Polojarvi, A. Aho, A. Tukiainen, J. Viheriala, J. Salmi, A. Schramm, J. M. Kontio, A. Turtiainen, T. Niemi, and M. Guina, “Nanostructured broadband antireflection coatings on AlInP fabricated by nanoimprint lithography,” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells94(10), 1845–1848 (2010). [CrossRef]
J. W. Leem, J. S. Yu, Y. M. Song, and Y. T. Lee, “Antireflective characteristics of disordered GaAs subwavlength structures by thermally dewetted Au nanoparticles,” Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells95(2), 669–676 (2011). [CrossRef]

Thin Solid Films

J. W. Leem and J. S. Yu, “Broadband and wide-angle antireflection subwavelength structures of Si by inductively coupled plasma etching using dewetted nanopatterns of Au thin films as masks,” Thin Solid Films519(11), 3792–3797 (2011). [CrossRef]

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