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Towards High-Efficiency GaAsP/Si Tandem Cells

Conference ·
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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  2. Yale University
  3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  4. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  5. Arizona State University
In this work, we present recent progress towards high-efficiency epitaxial 1.7 eV/1.1 eV GaAsP/Si tandem cells. First, we present Si bottom cells with thick, epitaxial n-GaAsP optical filtering layers, yielding an efficiency of 6.25%. Furthermore, we demonstrate GaAsP/Si 2-terminal tandem cells with Voc of 1.596 V using an unoptimized tunnel junction to interconnect the GaAsP and Si sub-cells. Finally, we discuss the design of SiNx/SiOx double-layer anti-reflectance coating (ARC) for GaAsP/Si tandem cells, which boosted the Jsc by 28.9%.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1515374
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5900-73950
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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