A Comparison of Spectrum-Splitting Configurations for High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Systems With Perovskite Cells

Benjamin D. Chrysler, Raymond K. Kostuk

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Abstract

The recent development of inexpensive perovskite photovoltaic (PV) cells at a variety of band gap energies has opened the prospects for commercially viable spectrum-splitting PV systems. A variety of cell configurations exist for implementing spectrum splitting in PV modules. In this article, 3-junction and 4-junction hybrid spectrum-splitting systems are proposed that use volume holographic lens arrays for lateral spectral separation and absorptive filtering in semitransparent perovskite PV cells for vertical spectral separation. A 3-junction hybrid system is shown to have greater conversion efficiency (28.7%) than comparable systems using completely lateral (25.6%) or completely stacked (26.9%) cell arrangements. It is shown that a 4-junction hybrid system has a hypothetical conversion efficiency of 30.0% using perovskite PV cells that have been experimentally demonstrated in the literature with energy band gaps of 1.25 eV, 1.55 eV, 1.72 eV, and 2.30 eV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1477-1486
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2022

Keywords

  • Efficiency
  • multijunction
  • optics
  • perovskites
  • photovoltaics (PVs)
  • spectrum-splitting
  • tandem
  • transparent conductive oxide (TCO)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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