Toward >25% Efficient Monolithic Epitaxial GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells

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Grassman, Tyler J. [1 ]
Lepkowski, Daniel L. [1 ]
Boyer, Jacob T. [1 ]
Chmielewski, Daniel J. [1 ]
Yi, Chuqi [2 ]
Western, Ned [2 ]
Mehrvarz, Hamid [2 ]
Ho-Baillie, Anita [2 ]
Kerestes, Christopher [3 ]
Derkacs, Daniel [3 ]
Whipple, Steven G. [3 ]
Stavrides, Alex P. [3 ]
Bremner, Stephen P. [2 ]
Ringel, Steven A. [1 ]
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[1] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Univ New South Wales, Sch Photovolta & Renewable Energy Engn, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[3] SolAero Technol Corp, Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA
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III-V semiconductor materials; Si; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor epitaxial layers;
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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We report here on progress made in the development of >20% efficient monolithic epitaxial III-V/Si tandem solar cells. Following our prior demonstration of a GaAs0.75P0.25/Si tandem cell with verified AM1.5G efficiency of 20.1%, we have undertaken intensive efforts aimed at optimization of the top and bottom subcells, involving both materials quality improvement and detailed device structure refinement. To date we have thus demonstrated 21.8% AM1.5G GaAs0.75P0.25/Si tandem cells making use of an optimized, but still defect-limited GaAsP top cell combined with a simple diffusion-processed (emitter and back-surface field) Si bottom cell. With recent development of a low dislocation density III-V-on-Si epitaxial materials platform, as well as bottom cell enhancements for photon management, analytical performance loss analysis and efficiency projections indicate that >25% is achievable in the near-term, and 30% within reach with additional holistic optimization.
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