Dielectric nanopillar array anti-reflectors for GaSb thermophotovoltaic cells

IF 3.1 3区物理与天体物理 Q2 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION Infrared Physics & Technology Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1016/j.infrared.2024.105654

Siyuan Liu , Xincun Peng , Jijun Zou , Wenjuan Deng , Liangliang Tang , Lei Huang , Qi Chen , Linlin Jiang , Chaoyan Zhong , Yu Wang

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Abstract

Dielectric Si₃N₄ nanopillar arrays (NPA) fabricated by the low-cost nanosphere lithography method are employed as the anti-reflectors for the GaSb thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells, which show the excellent light management performance. For the broad GaSb intrinsic absorption waveband of 800–1700 nm, the ultra-low flux-spectrum-weighted reflection of 2.68 % is obtained by the NPA. A tungsten thermal radiator with the temperature of 1200 °C is used and the light source to test the photoelectric conversion performances of the TPV cells. Compared to the normal Si₃N₄ film anti-reflective coating GaSb TPV cells, the 1.93-fold increase in short-circuit current density, the 1.1-fold increase in open-circuit voltage. The conversion efficiency is increased from 14.31 % to 25.19 %. Given these properties, dielectric NPA represent a promising anti-reflector to provide the TPV cells with high energy conversion efficiency.

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Infrared Physics & Technology 物理-光学

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

12.10%

发文量

400

审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： The Journal covers the entire field of infrared physics and technology: theory, experiment, application, devices and instrumentation. Infrared'' is defined as covering the near, mid and far infrared (terahertz) regions from 0.75um (750nm) to 1mm (300GHz.) Submissions in the 300GHz to 100GHz region may be accepted at the editors discretion if their content is relevant to shorter wavelengths. Submissions must be primarily concerned with and directly relevant to this spectral region. Its core topics can be summarized as the generation, propagation and detection, of infrared radiation; the associated optics, materials and devices; and its use in all fields of science, industry, engineering and medicine. Infrared techniques occur in many different fields, notably spectroscopy and interferometry; material characterization and processing; atmospheric physics, astronomy and space research. Scientific aspects include lasers, quantum optics, quantum electronics, image processing and semiconductor physics. Some important applications are medical diagnostics and treatment, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.