Highly Efficient Hybrid Polymer and Amorphous Silicon Multijunction Solar Cells with Effective Optical Management. Issue 11 (18th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tan, Hairen; Furlan, Alice; Li, Weiwei; Arapov, Kirill; Santbergen, Rudi; Wienk, Martijn M.; Zeman, Miro; Smets, Arno H. M.; Janssen, René A. J.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 28:Issue 11(2016)
• Page Start: 2170
• Page End: 2177
• Publication Date: 2016-01-18
• Subjects: amorphous silicon -- high efficiency -- multijunction -- optical management -- polymer solar cells; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504483
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : Highly efficient hybrid multijunction solar cells are constructed with a wide‐bandgap amorphous silicon for the front subcell and a low‐bandgap polymer for the back subcell. Power conversion efficiencies of 11.6% and 13.2% are achieved in tandem and triple‐junction configurations, respectively. The high efficiencies are enabled by deploying effective optical management and by using photoactive materials with complementary absorption.