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  • Numerical Investigation of ...
    CHANG, Jih-Yuan; YEN, Shih-Hsun; CHANG, Yi-An; LIOU, Bo-Ting; KUO, Yen-Kuang

    IEEE transactions on electron devices, 12/2013, Letnik: 60, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    A four-junction InGaN-based multijunction solar cell structure is proposed theoretically. The simulation results show that, with the use of appropriately designed compositional grading layers, the performance of InGaN-based multijunction solar cell can be maintained without the cost in performance degradation caused by the polarization-induced electric field and the potential barriers resulting from the heterointerfaces. After the optimization in thicknesses for current matching, a high conversion efficiency of 46.45% can be achieved under 1000-sun AM1.5D illumination, in which the short-circuit current density, open-circuit voltage, and fill factor are 12.2×10 3 mA/cm 2 , 4.18 V, and 0.77, respectively. The simulation results suggest that, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by the built-in electric polarization and potential barriers, the issue of crystalline quality is another critical factor influencing the performance of multijunction solar cells.