• 文献标题:   On the use of graphene to improve the performance of concentrator III-V multijunction solar cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BARRUTIA L, LOMBARDERO I, OCHOA M, GABAS M, GARCIA I, PALACIOS T, JOHNSON A, REYSTOLLE I, ALGORA C
  • 作者关键词:   concentrator photovoltaic, graphene, iiiv solar cell
  • 出版物名称:   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS
  • ISSN:   1062-7995 EI 1099-159X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Politecn Madrid
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/pip.3207 EA NOV 2019
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has been intensively studied in photovoltaics focusing on emerging solar cells based on thin films, dye-sensitized solar cells, quantum dots, nanowires, and so forth. However, the typical efficiency of these solar cells incorporating graphene is below 16%. Therefore, the photovoltaic potential of graphene has not yet been shown. In this work, the use of graphene for concentration applications on III-V multijunction solar cells, which indeed are the solar cells with the highest efficiency, is demonstrated. First, a wide optoelectronic characterization of graphene layers is carried out. Then, the graphene layer is incorporated onto triple-junction solar cells, which decreases their series resistance by 35% (relative), leading to an increase in fill factor of 4% (absolute) at concentrations of 1000 suns. Simultaneously, the optical absorption of graphene produces a relative short-circuit current density decrease in the range of 0% to 1.8%. As a result, an absolute efficiency improvement close to 1% at concentrations of 1000 suns was achieved with respect to triple-junction solar cells without graphene. The impact of incorporating one and two graphene monolayers is also evaluated.