Ge Concentrator Cells for III-V Multijunction Devices

D. J. Friedman; J. M. Olson; S. Ward; T. Moriarty; K. Emery; Sarah Kurtz; A. Duda; R. R. King; H. L. Cotal; D. R. Lillington; J. H. Ermer; N. H. Karam

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2000.916046

Ge Concentrator Cells for III-V Multijunction Devices

D. J. Friedman
, J. M. Olson
, S. Ward
, T. Moriarty
, K. Emery
, Sarah Kurtz
, A. Duda
, R. R. King
, H. L. Cotal
, D. R. Lillington
, J. H. Ermer
, N. H. Karam

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Abstract

We identify a failure mode due to a photoactive back contact for Ge concentrator solar cells. This problem manifests itself as a leveling off and subsequent decrease of open-circuit voltage (V_OC) as the concentration increases above ∼20 suns. Correction of this problem yields a much improved Ge cell for which V_oc increases in an almost ideal n=1 manner from 0.2 volts at one sun to 0.4 volts at 1400 suns. This cell's fill factor remains at or above its one-sun value up to 500 suns, confirming that this cell is fully suitable for high-concentration use. We show that solving the back-contact problem can significantly improve the high-concentration performance of GaInP/GaAs/Ge three-junction solar cells.

Original language	American English
Pages	965-967
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2000.916046
State	Published - 2000
Event	28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2000 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 15 Sep 2000 → 22 Sep 2000

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Conference	28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2000
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	15/09/00 → 22/09/00

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Friedman, D. J., Olson, J. M., Ward, S., Moriarty, T., Emery, K., Kurtz, S., Duda, A., King, R. R., Cotal, H. L., Lillington, D. R., Ermer, J. H., & Karam, N. H. (2000). Ge Concentrator Cells for III-V Multijunction Devices. 965-967. Paper presented at 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2000, Anchorage, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2000.916046

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