Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues

R. Noufi; D. L. Young; T. J. Coutts; T. Gessert; J. S. Ward; A. Duda; X. Wu; M. Romero; R. Dhere; J. Abushama

Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues

R. Noufi, D. L. Young, T. J. Coutts, T. Gessert, J. S. Ward, A. Duda, X. Wu, M. Romero, R. Dhere, J. Abushama

Chemistry and Nanoscience

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe our efforts to date to evaluate possible routes, combination of materials, and device structures toward demonstrating a multijunction polycrystalline thin-film tandem solar cell with efficiency greater than 25%. Our approach uses modeling as a guide to calculate an approximate upper limit of device performance, the range of band gap pairs for top and bottom cells, and the optical resources/losses through the multilayer structure. The combination of materials we chose for the initial study are based on state-of-the-art single junction devices utilizing Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ and CdTe absorbers.

Original language	American English
Pages	12-14
Number of pages	3
State	Published - 2003
Event	3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-3): Joint Conference of 13th PV Science and Engineering Conference, 30th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, and 18th European PV Solar Energy Conference - Osaka, Japan Duration: 11 May 2003 → 18 May 2003

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Conference	3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-3): Joint Conference of 13th PV Science and Engineering Conference, 30th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, and 18th European PV Solar Energy Conference
City	Osaka, Japan
Period	11/05/03 → 18/05/03

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NREL/CP-520-34145

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Noufi, R., Young, D. L., Coutts, T. J., Gessert, T., Ward, J. S., Duda, A., Wu, X., Romero, M., Dhere, R., & Abushama, J. (2003). Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues. 12-14. Paper presented at 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-3): Joint Conference of 13th PV Science and Engineering Conference, 30th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, and 18th European PV Solar Energy Conference, Osaka, Japan.

Noufi, R. ; Young, D. L. ; Coutts, T. J. et al. / Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues. Paper presented at 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-3): Joint Conference of 13th PV Science and Engineering Conference, 30th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, and 18th European PV Solar Energy Conference, Osaka, Japan.3 p.

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Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues. / Noufi, R.; Young, D. L.; Coutts, T. J. et al.
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