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

Conference

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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Noufi, R, Young, DL, Coutts, TJ, Gessert, T, Ward, JS, Duda, A, Wu, X, Romero, M, Dhere, R & Abushama, J 2003, '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, 11/05/03 - 18/05/03 pp. 12-14.

Toward a 25%-Efficient Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell: Practical Issues. / Noufi, R.; Young, D. L.; Coutts, T. J. et al.
2003. 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.

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