Jul 12, 2017
High density quantum dot solar cells for concentrating photovoltaics (CPV)
Conference Proceedings - 2017 17th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 1st IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2017
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- Volume
- 6
- Number
- 6
- First page
- 1
- Last page
- 4
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (international conference proceedings)
- DOI
- 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977408
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
For a multijunction solar cell (MJSC), the current matching in each subcell becomes the key issue to achieve high efficiency. For an intermediate band solar cell (IBSC) on the other hand, which also has a potential of achieving high efficiency, its equivalent circuit is comprised of a series/parallel circuit and thus it operates at a higher current density than a MJSC. Due to this inherent property, heat management becomes important when operated under a high concentrating condition. In this work, we propose one solution to this problem, where a wide bandgap cell is placed on top of IBSC, which serves as a current constraint cell but also leads to a higher Voc and hence cell efficiency.
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- DOI : 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977408
- SCOPUS ID : 85026756204