{"title":"Novel Design of polycrystalline CdTe/Si Tandem Solar Cells Using SiO2/TiO2 Distributed Bragg Reflector","authors":"Amirreza Rouhbakhshmeghrazi, M. Madadi","doi":"10.18180/tecciencia.28.6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a polycrystalline cadmium telluride/silicon ( CdTe / Si ) solar cell based on SiO 2 / TiO 2 distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) is proposed and investigated using calibrated simulations with experimental data of previous fabrication device. At first, by inserting the SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR, the conversion efficiency is increased by about 25 % compared with the conventional CdTe / Si solar cell with similar dimen-sions. In addition, the carrier lifetime of absorber layer can provide an improved conversion efficiency of 15% compared with the CdTe / Si conventional solar cell. The obtained open circuit voltage, short circuit current density, fill factor and con-versionefficiencyofproposedsolarcellstructurewereabout 1 . 2 V, 39 . 5 mA / cm 2 , 0 . 95 and 28 . 5% under global AM 1 . 5 conditions, respectively. The results strongly con-firm that the polycrystalline CdTe / Si solar cell based on SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR seems to be the most optimal choice for converting the solar energy in high efficiency photovoltaics systems. confirman que la celda solar policristalina CdTe / Si basada en SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR es una opción más óptima para convertir la energía solar en sistemas fotovoltaicos de alta eficiencia. (DBR).","PeriodicalId":22331,"journal":{"name":"TECCIENCIA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"TECCIENCIA","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18180/tecciencia.28.6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, a polycrystalline cadmium telluride/silicon ( CdTe / Si ) solar cell based on SiO 2 / TiO 2 distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) is proposed and investigated using calibrated simulations with experimental data of previous fabrication device. At first, by inserting the SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR, the conversion efficiency is increased by about 25 % compared with the conventional CdTe / Si solar cell with similar dimen-sions. In addition, the carrier lifetime of absorber layer can provide an improved conversion efficiency of 15% compared with the CdTe / Si conventional solar cell. The obtained open circuit voltage, short circuit current density, fill factor and con-versionefficiencyofproposedsolarcellstructurewereabout 1 . 2 V, 39 . 5 mA / cm 2 , 0 . 95 and 28 . 5% under global AM 1 . 5 conditions, respectively. The results strongly con-firm that the polycrystalline CdTe / Si solar cell based on SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR seems to be the most optimal choice for converting the solar energy in high efficiency photovoltaics systems. confirman que la celda solar policristalina CdTe / Si basada en SiO 2 / TiO 2 DBR es una opción más óptima para convertir la energía solar en sistemas fotovoltaicos de alta eficiencia. (DBR).