Realization of GaInP/Si Dual-Junction Solar Cells with 29.8% 1-Sun Efficiency

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1012-1019

  Essig, Stephanie ^a,b   Steiner, Myles A ^a   Allebé, Christophe ^c   Geisz, John F ^a   Paviet Salomon, Bertrand ^c   Ward, Scott ^a   Descoeudres, Antoine ^c   LaSalvia, Vincenzo ^a   Barraud, Loris ^c   Badel, Nicolas ^c   Faes, Antonin ^c   Levrat, Jacques ^c   Despeisse, Matthieu ^c   Ballif, Christophe ^c   Stradins, Paul ^a   Young, David L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

III V semiconductor materials; Multijunction solar cell; silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

A-SI SOLAR CELLS; DUAL JUNCTION SOLAR CELL; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; TERMINAL OPERATION; THERMALIZATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84992306799     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2549746     Document Type: Article

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