Overview
Research Areas
Faculty
- Gonzalo Arce
- Kenneth Barner
- Allen Barnett
- Stephan Bohacek
- Charles Boncelet
- Stephen Bremner
- Takashi Buma
- Leonard J. Cimini, Jr.
- Sylvain G. Cloutier
- Hui Fang
- Guang R. Gao
- Javier Garcia-Frias
- Keith Goossen
- Michael Haney
- Robert G. Hunsperger
- Fouad Kiamilev
- James Kolodzey
- Xiaoming Li
- Mark Mirotznik
- Olufemi Olowolafe
- Dennis Prather
- Dave Sincoskie
- Karl Steiner
- Daniel Weile
- Xiang-Gen Xia
- Ryan Zurakowski
Research Professor Allen Barnett
Overview
Current Projects
Very High Efficiency Solar Cell Modules
Group Staff
Paul Delmar
Ruiying Hao
Susan Huang
Christopher Kerestes
Xuesong Lu
Paola Murcia
James Mutitu
Nick Waite
Xiaoting Wang
Yi Wang
Office:
201 Evans Hall
Phone:
(302) 831-2485
Fax:
(302) 831-4514
The Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program is developing integrated optical system - PV modules for portable applications that operate at greater than 50 percent efficiency. We are integrating the optical design with the solar cell design, and have entered previously unoccupied design space. Our approach is driven by proven quantitative models for the solar cell design, the optical design and the integration of these designs. Optical systems efficiency with an optical efficiency of 93% and solar cell device results summing to 43.3% are described.
Recent publications
Allen Barnett, Christiana Honsberg, “Three-Dimensional Photovoltaic System Architecture for Very High Efficiency Modules,” 2009 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA April 13-17, 2009. Allen Barnett, Douglas Kirkpatrick, ChristianaHonsberg, Duncan Moore, Mark Wanlass, Keith Emery, Richard Schwartz, Dave Carlson, Stuart Bowden, Dan Aiken, Allen Gray, Sarah Kurtz, Larry Kazmerski, Myles Steiner, Jeffery Gray, Tom Davenport, Roger Buelow, Laslow Takacs, Narkis Shatz, John Bortz, Omkar Jani, Keith Goossen, Fouad Kiamilev, Alan Doolittle, Ian Ferguson, Blair Unger, Greg Schmidt, Eric Christensen, David Salzman, “Very high efficiency solar cell modules,” Progress in Photovoltaics, pp.75-83, vol. 17, issue 1, January 2009.
A. Barnett, X. Wang, N. Waite, Paola Murcia, C. Honsberg, D. Kirkpatrick, D. Laubacher, F. Kiamilev, K. Goossen, M. Wanlass, M. Steiner, R. Schwartz, J. Gray, A. Gray, P. Sharps, K. Emery, L. Kazmerski, “Initial test bed for very high efficiency solar cells”, 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, San Diego, CA, May 11-16, 2008, pp. 390 -396.