The path towards efficient wide band gap thin-film kesterite solar cells with transparent back contact for viable tandem application
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- Samira Khelifi (UGent) , Guy Brammertz, Léo Choubrac, Maria Batuk, Sheng Yang, Marc Meuris, Nicolas Barreau, Joke Hadermann, Henk Vrielinck (UGent) , Dirk Poelman (UGent) , Kristiaan Neyts (UGent) , Bart Vermang and Johan Lauwaert (UGent)
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- SWING (Development of thin film Solar cells based on WIde band Gap kesterite absorbers)
- Abstract
- Wide band gap thin-film kesterite solar cell based on non-toxic and earth-abundant materials might be a suitable candidate as a top cell for tandem configuration in combination with crystalline silicon as a bottom solar cell. For this purpose and based on parameters we have extracted from electrical and optical characterization techniques of Cu2ZnGeSe4 absorbers and solar cells, a model has been developed to describe the kesterite top cell efficiency limitations and to investigate the different possible configurations with transparent back contact for fourterminal tandem solar cell application. Furthermore, we have studied the tandem solar cell performance in view of the band gap and the transparency of the kesterite top cell and back contact engineering. Our detailed analysis shows that a kesterite top cell with efficiency > 14%, a band gap in the range of 1.5-1.7 eV and transparency above 80% at the sub-band gaps photons energies are required to achieve a tandem cell with higher efficiency than with a single silicon solar cell.
- Keywords
- Kesterite thin film solar cell, Cu2ZnGeSe4, Secondary/ternary phases, Wide band gap absorbers, Efficiency limitations, Four-terminal tandem solar cell, c-Si solar Cell, CU2ZNSNS4, CHALCOGENIDES, SIMULATION, SODIUM, OXIDES, MOSE2, NA
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8681558
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- Khelifi, Samira, et al. “The Path towards Efficient Wide Band Gap Thin-Film Kesterite Solar Cells with Transparent Back Contact for Viable Tandem Application.” SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, vol. 219, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110824.
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- Khelifi, S., Brammertz, G., Choubrac, L., Batuk, M., Yang, S., Meuris, M., … Lauwaert, J. (2021). The path towards efficient wide band gap thin-film kesterite solar cells with transparent back contact for viable tandem application. SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110824
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- Khelifi, Samira, Guy Brammertz, Léo Choubrac, Maria Batuk, Sheng Yang, Marc Meuris, Nicolas Barreau, et al. 2021. “The Path towards Efficient Wide Band Gap Thin-Film Kesterite Solar Cells with Transparent Back Contact for Viable Tandem Application.” SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110824.
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- Khelifi, Samira, Guy Brammertz, Léo Choubrac, Maria Batuk, Sheng Yang, Marc Meuris, Nicolas Barreau, Joke Hadermann, Henk Vrielinck, Dirk Poelman, Kristiaan Neyts, Bart Vermang, and Johan Lauwaert. 2021. “The Path towards Efficient Wide Band Gap Thin-Film Kesterite Solar Cells with Transparent Back Contact for Viable Tandem Application.” SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS 219. doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110824.
- Vancouver
- 1.Khelifi S, Brammertz G, Choubrac L, Batuk M, Yang S, Meuris M, et al. The path towards efficient wide band gap thin-film kesterite solar cells with transparent back contact for viable tandem application. SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS. 2021;219.
- IEEE
- [1]S. Khelifi et al., “The path towards efficient wide band gap thin-film kesterite solar cells with transparent back contact for viable tandem application,” SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, vol. 219, 2021.
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keywords = {{Kesterite thin film solar cell,Cu2ZnGeSe4,Secondary/ternary phases,Wide band gap absorbers,Efficiency limitations,Four-terminal tandem solar cell,c-Si solar Cell,CU2ZNSNS4,CHALCOGENIDES,SIMULATION,SODIUM,OXIDES,MOSE2,NA}},
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