AlGaInP/GaAs Tandem Solar Cells for Power Conversion at 400 degrees C and High Concentration

Myles A. Steiner; Emmett E. Perl; John Simon; Daniel J. Friedman; Nikhil Jain; Paul Sharps; Claiborne McPheeters; Minjoo Larry Lee

doi:10.1063/1.5001429

AlGaInP/GaAs Tandem Solar Cells for Power Conversion at 400 degrees C and High Concentration

Myles A. Steiner, Emmett E. Perl, John Simon, Daniel J. Friedman, Nikhil Jain, Paul Sharps, Claiborne McPheeters, Minjoo Larry Lee

Chemistry and Nanoscience

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Abstract

We demonstrate dual junction (Al)GaInP/GaAs solar cells that are designed to operate at 400°C and 1000X concentration in a hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal concentrator system. The cells have a front metallization and anti-reflection coating that are stable under 400°C operation. We show how the cell performance degrades with increasing aluminum compositions in the top cell. Our best cell is a GaInP/GaAs tandem that demonstrated 15±1% efficiency at 400°C over a concentration range of 300-1000 suns, with several pathways to improved performance.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001429 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001429
State	Published - 6 Sep 2017
Event	13th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2017 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 1 May 2017 → 3 May 2017

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Conference	13th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2017
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	1/05/17 → 3/05/17

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NREL/CP-5J00-67887

Keywords

AlGaInP
high temperature
hybrid system
solar cell

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Steiner, M. A., Perl, E. E., Simon, J., Friedman, D. J., Jain, N., Sharps, P., McPheeters, C., & Lee, M. L. (2017). AlGaInP/GaAs Tandem Solar Cells for Power Conversion at 400 degrees C and High Concentration. Paper presented at 13th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, CPV 2017, Ottawa, Canada. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001429, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001429

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AlGaInP/GaAs Tandem Solar Cells for Power Conversion at 400 degrees C and High Concentration

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