Theoretical efficiency limits of a 2 terminal dual junction step cell
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Hadi, Sabina Abdul
Milakovich, Tim
Bulsara, Mayank
Fitzgerald, Eugene A.
Hoyt, Judy L.
Nayfeh, Ammar
Polyzoeva, Evelina Aleksandro
Date Issued
June 2015
Journal
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Hadi, Sabina Abdul, Tim Milakovich, Mayank Bulsara, Evelina Polyzoeva, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Judy L. Hoyt, and Ammar Nayfeh. “Theoretical Efficiency Limits of a 2 Terminal Dual Junction Step Cell,” 1–5. IEEE, 2015.
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Abstract
In this paper we present theoretical analysis for upper efficiency limit of a novel 2 terminal dual junction stepcell. Results show that step cell design relaxes bandgap requirements for efficient tandem cell. While conventional tandem cell with optimized bandgap combination (1.64 / 0.96 eV) has the highest efficiency (45.78 %), the step-cell design provides significant efficiency improvement for cells with non-optimized bandgap values. Efficiency upper limit for Si based step-cell with top cell bandgap equal to 1.41 eV (~ GaAs), efficiency upper limit increases from ~21% in conventional tandem cell to 38.7% for optimized step-cell design. Step-cell design provides opportunity for wider selection of materials used in tandem solar cell applications.
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MIT Materials Research Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microsystems Technology Laboratories
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https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356122
