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Highly Efficient Hybrid Polymer and Amorphous Silicon Multijunction Solar Cells with Effective Optical Management
Author(s) -
Tan Hairen,
Furlan Alice,
Li Weiwei,
Arapov Kirill,
Santbergen Rudi,
Wienk Martijn M.,
Zeman Miro,
Smets Arno H. M.,
Janssen René A. J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201504483
Subject(s) - materials science , amorphous silicon , tandem , optoelectronics , amorphous solid , band gap , silicon , nanotechnology , engineering physics , crystalline silicon , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material
Highly efficient hybrid multijunction solar cells are constructed with a wide‐bandgap amorphous silicon for the front subcell and a low‐bandgap polymer for the back subcell. Power conversion efficiencies of 11.6% and 13.2% are achieved in tandem and triple‐junction configurations, respectively. The high efficiencies are enabled by deploying effective optical management and by using photoactive materials with complementary absorption.