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Thin-film intermediate band photovoltaics: advanced concepts for chalcopyrite solar cells

✍ Scribed by Marrón, David Fuertes ;Martí, Antonio ;Luque, Antonio

Book ID
105365266
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
241 KB
Volume
206
Category
Article
ISSN
0031-8965

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We have studied the potential of thin‐film photovoltaic devices provided with an intermediate band (IB). Cu‐containing chalcopyrites appear as promising candidates, with maximum theoretical efficiencies above 45% under ideal conditions. This figure has been re‐evaluated by considering a number of non‐idealities, like optical and current losses and nonradiative recombination that affect current chalcopyrite‐based devices. Strategies for the practical implementation of IBs in chalcopyrite hosts will be discussed, including the incorporation of foreign impurities in the chalcopyrite structure at substitutional sites of the cation sublattice and the realisation of nanostructured devices. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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