Annealing effects on Al/polyimide adhesion in flexible optical solar reflectors

Reflectors for Solar Power

Manfred E. Clynes has since 1956 been chief research scientist at Rockland State, in charge of the Dynamic Simulation Lab. A graduate of the Univ. of Melbourne, Australia, and holder of an M.S. from Juilliard School, he has for the past 10 years been engaged in the design and development of physiological instrumentation and apparatus, ultrasonic transducers, and electronic data-processing systems.

Effects of rapid thermal annealing on the optical properties of low-loss 1.3 μ m GaInNAs ∕ GaAs saturable Bragg reflectors

Impact of Reflectors on Solar Energy Systems

The paper aims to show that implementing different types of reflectors in solar energy systems, will dramatically improve energy production by means of concentrating and intensifying more sunlight onto a solar cell. The Solar Intensifier unit is designed to increase efficiency and performance of a set of solar panels. The unit was fabricated and tested. The experimental results show good improv...

Effects of rapid thermal annealing on the optical properties of strain-free quantum ring solar cells

Strain-free GaAs/Al0.33Ga0.67As quantum rings are fabricated by droplet epitaxy. Both photoresponse and photoluminescence spectra confirm optical transitions in quantum rings, suggesting that droplet epitaxial nanomaterials are applicable to intermediate band solar cells. The effects of post-growth annealing on the quantum ring solar cells are investigated, and the optical properties of the sol...

Effects of Optical Interference and Annealing on the Performance of Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Polymer solar cells are of tremendous interests due to their attractive properties such as flexibility, ease of fabrication, low materials and energy budget. However, organic materials have short exciton diffusion length and poor charge mobility, which can greatly decrease the performance of polymer solar cells. These challenges can be effectively overcome through the use of the bulk heterojunc...