Mechanically stacked solar cells formed using adhesive bonding are proposed as a route to high‐efficiency devices as they enable the combination of a wide range of materials and bandgaps. The concept involves adhesive bonding of subcells using polymeric materials widely used in semiconductor processing and outlines how the absolute efficiency can be maximised by optimisation of the adhesive layer thickness and optical matching of the adhesive layer with both the subcells and their anti‐reflection coatings. A dual‐junction, GaAs‐InGaAs, mechanically stacked solar cell is demonstrated using a benzocyclobutene adhesive layer with a measured PV conversion efficiency of 25.2% under 1‐sun AM1.5G conditions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Mechanically stacked solar cells formed using adhesive bonding are proposed as a route to high‐efficiency devices as they enable the combination of a wide range of materials and bandgaps. The concept involves adhesive bonding of subcells using polymeric materials widely used in semiconductor processing. A dual‐junction, GaAs‐InGaAs, mechanically stacked solar cell is demonstrated using a benzocyclobutene adhesive layer with a measured PV conversion efficiency of 25.2% under 1‐sun AM1.5G conditions.


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    Title :

    Adhesive bonding for mechanically stacked solar cells



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2015




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher



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