DocumentCode
732506
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
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7182938
Link To Document