multijunction solar cell

multijunction solar cell

[‚məl·tē¦jəŋk·shən ¦sō·lər ′sel]
(electronics)
A solar cell made of two or more materials, each optimally efficient over a limited spectral range. Also known as multiple-junction solar cell.
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[10] discovered that the output current of their new multijunction solar cell decreased slightly on the designed focal plane of the lens.
The III-V Triple-Junction Solar Cell Characteristics and Optimization with a Fresnel Lens Concentrator
Johlin et al., "A 2-terminal perovskite/silicon multijunction solar cell enabled by a silicon tunnel junction," Applied Physics Letters, vol.
Efficient Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells Using a Transparent Silver Electrode and Four-Terminal Perovskite/ Silicon Tandem Device Exploration
Introduction of tunnel junctions between subcells is the way of monolithically building a multijunction solar cell. These tunnel junctions must cause minimum losses of the conversion efficiency.
Modelling of dual-junction solar cells including tunnel junction
Considering the multijunction solar cell response, we are only interested in wavelength range of 350-1750 nm [17].
Design and optimization of Fresnel lens for high concentration photovoltaic system
Hinzer, "Tunnel-junction-limited multijunction solar cell performance over concentration," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol.
Enhanced efficiencies for high-concentration, multijunction PV systems by optimizing grid spacing under nonuniform illumination
[1] and Cotal and Frost [2] who developed a theoretical thermal model for predicting the temperature of a multijunction solar cell based on passive cooling systems.
Effects of nonuniform incident illumination on the thermal performance of a concentrating triple junction solar cell
Enhancement of the device performance in multijunction solar cell compared the single junction one, the materials are selected in such a way to utilize the solar spectrum as well as to avoid the energy loss in a solar cell.
Effect of multijunction approach on electrical measurements of silicon and germanium alloy based thin-film solar cell using AMPS-1D
The interface phenomena may affect the charge carrier transport in the Ge subcell as well as in the whole multijunction solar cell.
Characterization of the manufacturing processes to grow triple-junction solar cells
High conversion efficiency is very important for solar cells, and the multijunction solar cell is a very promising approach from the point of view of high performance.
Low temperature (180[degrees]C) growth of smooth surface germanium epilayers on silicon substrates using electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition
Hinzer, "The effects of absorption and recombination on quantum dot multijunction solar cell efficiency," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol.
Inverted metamorphic III-V triple-junction solar cell with a 1 eV CuIn[Se.sub.2] bottom subcell
However, a single step wet-etch for MJSC has not been reported yet since the different etch selectivities of the various III-V layers building up the multijunction solar cell structure add complexity to this process.
Isolation of III-V/Ge multijunction solar cells by wet etching
The goal of the project is to bring to fruition at the industrial scale a validated high efficiency module-level innovation, based on a disruptive planar optical micro-tracking technology, which concentrates sunlight on multijunction solar cells, mounted on top of a conventional silicon backplate.
HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR EFFICIENCY RECORD USING INTEGRATED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY

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