• DocumentCode
    2858207
  • Title

    Monolithic III-V triple-junction solar cells under different temperatures and spectra

  • Author

    Fernández, Eduardo F. ; Loureiro, A. J García ; Higueras, Pedro J Pérez ; Siefer, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre of Adv. Studies in Energy & Environ., Univ. of Jaen, Jaén, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8-11 Feb. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper concentrates on the performance of lattice-matched and metamorphic triple junction solar cells under different temperatures and spectral conditions. This information is essential for a better understanding of concentrator photovoltaic systems. It is well known that, compared to single-junction cells, the performance of multi-junction solar cells shows a stronger dependence on the incident spectrum. The influence of temperature can in first approximation be described with linear coefficients, that themselves do no depend on the incident spectrum, which will be shown in the paper.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; germanium; indium compounds; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor junctions; solar cells; Ga0.50In0.50P-Ga0.99In0.01As-Ge; concentrator photovoltaic system; incident spectrum; lattice match; linear coefficient; metamorphic triple junction solar cell; monolithic III- V triple-junction solar cell; multijunction solar cell; single junction cell; Junctions; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; III-V solar cells; concentrator photovoltaic; spectrum; temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices (CDE), 2011 Spanish Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Palma de Mallorca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7863-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SCED.2011.5744222
  • Filename
    5744222