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Industrial partners:
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Outline
Synergy Objective
Realizing photovoltaic energy harvesting systems based on
tandem solar cells with efficiency beyond that achievable
with state-of-the-art industrial single-junction cells
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Impact on society
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Economical impact: Photovoltaic power plants
Benchmark:
0.55-0.8 /W at 17-21% module efficiency
Electricity at 5 cts/kWh in sunny countries
Requirements: PV market continues to grow: 100 GWp new
Highly cost sensitive: Maximal efficiency at installations expected in 2020
minimal manufacturing costs
Reliability (>30 years lifetime)
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ow to reach ultra-high efficiency?
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Tandem Solar Cells
Source: pveducation.org
Combination of high
bandgap top cell with low
bandgap bottom cell
Realistic potential for
efficiencies > 30%
Careful choice of
absorber materials is Source: Empa
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Synergy approach
Market-proven high-efficiency technologies
Superstrate /
encapsulation
Selected technological challenges that
Transparent contact were addressed in this project:
Perovskite or GaAs NW Development of transparent electrodes
top cell
Transparent contact Up-scaling and reliability of emerging PV
technologies
Optical coupling/ Process compatibility of top and bottom
interconnection cells
Optical coupling between sub-cells
Transparent contact
Optimization of rear-reflector
Si or CIGS bottom cell
Rear-reflector
Substrate /
encapsulation
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Scientific Impact: Result Highlights
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GaAs nanowire cell
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Perovskite cell: Performance and reliability
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Perovskite cell: Up-scaling to mini-module
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Perovskite cell: Near-infrared transparent cells
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Tandem cell: 4-terminal perovskite/CIGS
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Tandem cell: 4-terminal perovskite/silicon HJ
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Tandem cell: Monolithic perovskite/silicon HJ
J.Werner et al.
JPCL 7, 161-166
(2016)
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Energy harvesting demonstrator
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Impact Summary
Scientific / Technological Impact:
Demonstration that tandem solar cells can boost the performance of
market-proven high-efficiency silicon and CIGS cells using emerging
low-cost PV technologies
Economic Impact:
Products based on these tandem cells could support Swiss companies
to be successful in the fast growing but competitive photovoltaics and
energy scavenging markets
Impact on Society:
Potential to strongly reduce photovoltaic electricity costs, accelerating
the transition to a sustainable future
Education:
Young engineers and PhD students were trained during this project
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Thank you for your attention!
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