The development of advanced low cost InP based PhotoVoltaic Devices
Reference Number
S/P2/00479/00/00
Title
The development of advanced low cost InP based PhotoVoltaic Devices
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Applied Research and Development
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr D Rogers
Centre for Integrated Photonics
Centre for Integrated Photonics
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
DTI
Start Date
03 October 2005
End Date
30 November 2008
Duration
37 months
Total Grant Value
£668,558
Industrial Sectors
Power
Region
East of England
Programme
SOLAR-PV
Other Investigator
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Objectives
Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices are photovoltaic cells which produce electricity from heat sources such as industrial combustion processes, with potentially 100-10,000 times the output of a Si solar cell. Potential applications include industrial waste heat recovery, domestic combined heat and power (CHP), embedded generation, military applications, hydrogen powered transport, and solar concentrator systems.TPV cells currently available use GaSb, an expensive material. This project aims to develop 3-terminal devices based on InGaAs/InP responding to both the 1-1.7 micron infrared region currently covered by GaSb and the shorter 0.5.1 micron region. These will exploit the advantages of cheaper InP substrates and higher efficiency from broader spectral coverage. In the longer term the projectwill assess potential for InP devices grown on Si substrates to address the solar concentrator market.
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