Novel multijunction solar cell design for low cost, high concentration systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Paquette ◽  
Abderraouf Boucherif ◽  
Vincent Aimez ◽  
Richard Arès
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

Representative Atmospheric Parameters in Multijunction Solar Cell Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Yandt ◽  
Karin Hinzer ◽  
Henry Schriemer
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Atmospheric Parameters ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

scholarly journals III–V Multijunction Solar Cell Integration with Silicon: Present Status, Challenges and Future Outlook

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Jain ◽  
Mantu K. Hudait
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Si Substrate ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Si Solar Cells ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cells ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

AbstractAchieving high-efficiency solar cells and at the same time driving down the cell cost has been among the key objectives for photovoltaic researchers to attain a lower levelized cost of energy (LCOE). While the performance of silicon (Si) based solar cells have almost saturated at an efficiency of ~25%, III–V compound semiconductor based solar cells have steadily shown performance improvement at ~1% (absolute) increase per year, with a recent record efficiency of 44.7%. Integration of such high-efficiency III–V multijunction solar cells on significantly cheaper and large area Si substrate has recently attracted immense interest to address the future LCOE roadmaps by unifying the high-efficiency merits of III–V materials with low-cost and abundance of Si. This review article will discuss the current progress in the development of III–V multijunction solar cell integration onto Si substrate. The current state-of-the-art for III–V-on-Si solar cells along with their theoretical performance projections is presented. Next, the key design criteria and the technical challenges associated with the integration of III–V multijunction solar cells on Si are reviewed. Different technological routes for integrating III–V solar cells on Si substrate through heteroepitaxial integration and via mechanical stacking approach are presented. The key merits and technical challenges for all of the till-date available technologies are summarized. Finally, the prospects, opportunities and future outlook toward further advancing the performance of III–V-on-Si multijunction solar cells are discussed. With the plummeting price of Si solar cells accompanied with the tremendous headroom available for improving the III–V solar cell efficiencies, the future prospects for successful integration of III–V solar cell technology onto Si substrate look very promising to unlock an era of next generation of high-efficiency and low-cost photovoltaics.

Subcell Segmentation for the Optimization of a Four-Subcell Multijunction Solar Cell Design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F.H. Hunter ◽  
Christopher E. Valdivia ◽  
Laurier S. Baribeau ◽  
Karin Hinzer
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

scholarly journals Field spectra binning for energy production calculations and multijunction solar cell design

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Garcia ◽  
William E. McMahon ◽  
Aron Habte ◽  
John F. Geisz ◽  
Myles A. Steiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

Efficient Multijunction Solar Cell Design for Maximum Annual Energy Yield by Representative Spectrum Selection

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 695-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Yandt ◽  
Karin Hinzer ◽  
Henry Schriemer
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Energy Yield ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell ◽  
Spectrum Selection

scholarly journals Multijunction solar cell design revisited: disruption of current matching by atmospheric absorption bands

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 850-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. McMahon ◽  
Daniel J. Friedman ◽  
John F. Geisz
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Atmospheric Absorption ◽  
Current Matching ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

Modeling and design for low‐cost multijunction solar cell via light‐trapping rear texture technique: Applied in InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs triple junction

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Yuji Hazama ◽  
Anurag Reddy ◽  
Kentaroh Watanabe ◽  
Yoshiaki Nakano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Triple Junction ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell

scholarly journals Spectral binning for energy production calculations and multijunction solar cell design

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Garcia ◽  
William E. McMahon ◽  
Aron Habte ◽  
John F. Geisz ◽  
Myles A. Steiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Multijunction Solar Cell ◽  
Spectral Binning

InGaN solar cell design by surface inversion caused by piezoelectric polarization

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balakrishnam Jampana ◽  
Andrew Melton ◽  
Muhammad Jamil ◽  
Ian Ferguson ◽  
Robert Opila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Piezoelectric Polarization ◽  
Surface Inversion

Improved photocatalytic conversion of high−concentration ammonia in water by low−cost Cu/TiO2 and its mechanism study

Chemosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 129689
Author(s):  
Jianpei Feng ◽  
Xiaolei Zhang ◽  
Guan Zhang ◽  
Ji Li ◽  
Wei Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Mechanism Study ◽  
High Concentration
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