Abstract
We present epitaxial 1.7 eV/1.1 eV GaAs0.75P0.25/Si tandem cells with an NREL-certified efficiency of 20.0%, enabled by a thermally stable tunnel junction interconnect along with a hydrogenated amorphous Si (a-Si:H) carrier-selective contact for the Si bottom cell. Building on these promising tandem results, we also demonstrate a 16.5%-efficient GaAs0.75P0.25 single-junction top cell on Si and a 7.78%-efficient GaAs0.75P0.25-filtered Si bottom cell (both NREL-certified) with improved short-circuit current densities. The quantum efficiency of the GaAs0.75P0.25 single-junction top cell on Si is boosted across the whole wavelength range due to the use of a higher growth temperature, indicating an improved minority-carrier diffusion length. The implementation of random pyramid texturing at the Si back surface enables improved quantum efficiency at wavelengths of 900–1200 nm, corresponding to an increase of 1.42 mA/cm2 in short-circuit current density. The improved short-circuit current densities of the sub-cells together show a pathway to >23% efficiency in a two-terminal tandem configuration.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 110144 |
Journal | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells |
Volume | 202 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- Epitaxial III-V/Si integration
- GaAsP
- Light trapping
- Metamorphic growth
- Silicon heterojunction
- Tandem
- Tunnel junction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
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Dhingra, P. (Contributor), Weigand, W. (Contributor), Fan, S. (Contributor), Lee, M. L. (Contributor), Ratta, E. D. (Contributor), Kim, M. (Contributor), Sun, Y. (Contributor), Holman, Z. (Contributor), Hool, R. D. (Contributor) & Yu, Z. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, Aug 30 2019
DOI: 10.17632/m5ybsv5vrp.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/m5ybsv5vrp
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