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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 70 / Issue 22

Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 2975 (1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.118761 (3 pages)

Triple-junction amorphous silicon alloy solar cell with 14.6% initial and 13.0% stable conversion efficiencies

J. Yang, A. Banerjee, and S. Guha

United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, Michigan 48084

(Received 28 January 1997; accepted 2 April 1997)

We have achieved 14.6% initial and 13.0% stable conversion efficiencies using an amorphous silicon-based alloy in a spectrum-splitting, triple-junction structure. These efficiencies have been confirmed independently by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Key factors leading to this major advance include improvements made in the low band-gap amorphous silicon–germanium alloy cell, the pn tunnel junction between the component cells, and the top conducting oxide. © 1997 American Institute of Physics.

© 1997 American Institute of Physics

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys, amorphous semiconductors, energy gap, EFFICIENCY, AMORPHOUS STATE, GERMANIUM SILICIDES, SOLAR CELLS, P-N JUNCTIONS, HYDROGEN ADDITIONS

PACS

  • 84.60.Jt

    Photoelectric conversion

  • 73.61.Jc

    Amorphous semiconductors; glasses

  • 73.50.Pz

    Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.118761

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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