Inverted metamorphic multi‐junction solar cells have reached efficiencies close to 46%. These solar cells contain very high‐quality materials that exhibit strong luminescent coupling between the junctions. The presence of luminescent coupling has a significant impact on the behavior of multi‐junction solar cells affecting the optimal design of these devices. Because of the importance of studying devices under real operating conditions, the temperature dependence of the luminescent coupling is analyzed over a range of 25–120°C. Luminescent coupling analysis results show a reduction of the luminescent coupling current as a function of temperature in two tandem components of an inverted metamorphic triple junction solar cell such as GaInP/GaAs and GaAs/GaInAs solar cells. This reduction is quantified and examined by means of luminescent coupling analysis and modeling, electroluminescence measurements and optical modeling at the device and subcell level. The results of the models are verified and discussed. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The temperature dependence of the luminescent coupling is analyzed over a range of 25–120°C. Luminescent coupling analysis and modeling results show a reduction of the luminescent coupling current as a function of temperature in two fabricated tandem components of an inverted metamorphic triple junction solar cell such as GaInP/GaAs and GaAs/GaInAs solar cells. The solar cells analyzed showed strong potential to mitigate the effect of temperature by exploiting the luminescent coupling properties at high current densities or light concentration levels.
Influence of temperature on luminescent coupling and material quality evaluation in inverted lattice‐matched and metamorphic multi‐junction solar cells
Progress in photovoltaics ; 24 , 3
2016
Article (Journal)
English
BKL: | 53.36 Energiedirektumwandler, elektrische Energiespeicher |
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