On current collection from supporting layers in perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells

Manvika Singh; Paul Procel; Indra Syifai; Rik Van Heerden; Arthur Weeber; Miro Zeman; Rudi Santbergen; Olindo Isabella

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519114

On current collection from supporting layers in perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells

Manvika Singh, Paul Procel, Indra Syifai, Rik Van Heerden, Arthur Weeber, Miro Zeman, Rudi Santbergen, Olindo Isabella

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The study of a two-terminal (2T) perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cell requires accurate and concurrent description of photons absorption and tunnelling-mediated charge transport. By analysing current collection across the device heterointerfaces, we investigated the effect of (i) perovskite thickness on the short-circuit current density (Jsc) of the tandem device and (ii) temperature on devices performance. We deployed an advanced opto-electrical modelling framework based on optical sub-models from GenPro4 and on self-consistent fundamental semiconductor equations implemented in TCAD Sentaurus. Using these simulations of perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells, an in-depth analysis of the physics of current contribution of supporting layers has been carried out. Solving numerically the fundamental equations of semiconductors, we theoretically show for the first time that electron-hole pairs photo-generated in the TRJ can be collected, effectively boosting Jsc values well beyond (photocurrent density) Jph levels. In addition, a temperature-based study of these perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells has been performed to evaluate the temperature coefficient which is useful for their energy yield simulations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	303-305
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519114
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21

Keywords

crystalline silicon
current collection
perovskite
tandem
TCAD Sentaurus

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Singh, M., Procel, P., Syifai, I., Van Heerden, R., Weeber, A., Zeman, M., Santbergen, R., & Isabella, O. (2021). On current collection from supporting layers in perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 303-305). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519114

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Singh, M , Procel, P, Syifai, I, Van Heerden, R, Weeber, A , Zeman, M , Santbergen, R & Isabella, O 2021, On current collection from supporting layers in perovskite/c-Si tandem solar cells. in 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 303-305, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519114

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2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021. p. 303-305 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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