Title :
Thermal emission of GaAs nanowire solar cells
Author :
Shao-Hua Wu ; Povinelli, Michelle L.
Author_Institution :
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Despite concentrated light absorption and low thermal conductivities, GaAs nanowire solar cells can still have larger thermal emission cooling power than planar ones, resulting in a nearly 10 K lowering in operating temperature.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; cooling; gallium arsenide; light absorption; nanophotonics; nanowires; semiconductor quantum wires; solar cells; thermal conductivity; GaAs; concentrated light absorption; gallium arsenide nanowire solar cells; low thermal conductivities; thermal emission cooling power; Arrays; Conductivity; Gallium arsenide; Heating; Lattices; Photovoltaic cells; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
