III–V compound multi-junction solar cells: present and future |
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Authors: | Masafumi Yamaguchi |
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Affiliation: | Toyota Technological Institute, 2-12-1 Hisakata, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan |
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Abstract: | As a result of top cell material quality improvement, development of optically and electrically low-loss double-hetero structure tunnel junction, photon and carrier confinements, and lattice-matching between active cell layers and substrate, the last 15 years have seen large improvements in III–V compound multi-junction (MJ) solar cells. In this paper, present status of R&D program for super-high-efficiency MJ cells in the New Sunshine Project in Japan is presented. InGaP/InGaAs/Ge monolithic cascade 3-junction cells with newly recorded efficiency of 31.7% at AM1.5 (1-sun) were achieved on Ge substrates, in addition to InGaP/GaAs//InGaAs mechanically stacked 3-junction cells with world-record efficiency of 33.3%. Future prospects for realizing super-high-efficiency and low-cost MJ solar cells are also discussed. |
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Keywords: | Multi-junction solar cells InGaP Tunnel junction High conversion efficiency Concentrator |
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