Critical Issues in the Design of Polycrystalline, Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells

Timothy J. Coutts; J. Scott Ward; David L. Young; Keith A. Emery; Timothy A. Gessert; Rommel Noufi

doi:10.1002/pip.491

Critical Issues in the Design of Polycrystalline, Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells

Timothy J. Coutts, J. Scott Ward, David L. Young, Keith A. Emery, Timothy A. Gessert, Rommel Noufi

Chemistry and Nanoscience

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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The critical issues involved in the design of polycrystalline, thin-film tandem solar cells were discussed. An approximate upper limit on the range of performance of the solar cells was calculated. The model was used to show that the efficiency will increase substantially if the reverse saturation current density was decreased.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	359-375
Number of pages	17
Journal	Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Volume	11
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.491 https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.491
State	Published - 2003

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