30 January 2024 Luminescent coupling effect in InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell
Vaishnavi Thakur, Bernice Mae Yu Jeco-Espaldon, Yoshitaka Okada
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Abstract

The luminescent coupling (LC) effect is one of the strategies for further boosting the efficiency of multijunction solar cells by improving the current mismatch among subcells. This work examined the LC effect in III–V compound InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell (IMM-3JSC) by the laser beam-induced current mapping characterization method. A strong LC effect in the bottom subcell of the IMM-3J sample was demonstrated with an LC yield of around 0.13 under 7 suns irradiance. In addition, by effectively homogenizing the LC effect, the bottom subcell of IMM-3JSCs may potentially gain a current density of 0.6 mA/cm2 at 10 suns irradiance.

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Vaishnavi Thakur, Bernice Mae Yu Jeco-Espaldon, and Yoshitaka Okada "Luminescent coupling effect in InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell," Journal of Photonics for Energy 14(1), 015503 (30 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.14.015503
Received: 19 July 2023; Accepted: 27 December 2023; Published: 30 January 2024
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KEYWORDS
Light emitting diodes

Sun

Solar cells

External quantum efficiency

Photocurrent

Photons

Diodes

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