Breakdown of the efficiency gap to 29% based on experimental input data and modeling

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  • Rolf Brendel
  • Thorsten Dullweber
  • Robby Peibst
  • Christopher Kranz
  • Agnes Merkle
  • Daniel Walter

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  • Institut für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH)
  • Australian National University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1475-1486
Seitenumfang12
FachzeitschriftProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Jahrgang24
Ausgabenummer12
Frühes Online-Datum10 Okt. 2015
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 14 Nov. 2016

Abstract

We demonstrate a procedure for quantifying efficiency gains that treats resistive, recombinative, and optical losses on an equal footing. For this, we apply our conductive boundary model as implemented in the Quokka cell simulator. The generation profile is calculated with a novel analytical light-trapping model. This model parameterizes the measured reflection spectra and is capable of turning the experimental case gradually into an ideal Lambertian scheme. Simulated and measured short-circuit current densities agree for our 21.2%-efficient screen-printed passivated emitter and rear cell and for our 23.4%-efficient ion-implanted laser-processed interdigitated back-contacted cell. For the loss analysis of these two cells, we set all experimentally accessible control parameters (e.g., saturation current densities, sheet resistances, and carrier lifetimes) one at a time to ideal values. The efficiency gap to the ultimate limit of 29% is thereby fully explained in terms of both individual improvements and their respective synergistic effects. This approach allows comparing loss structures of different types of solar cells, for example, passivated emitter and rear cell and interdigitated back-contacted cells.

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Breakdown of the efficiency gap to 29% based on experimental input data and modeling. / Brendel, Rolf; Dullweber, Thorsten; Peibst, Robby et al.
in: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Jahrgang 24, Nr. 12, 14.11.2016, S. 1475-1486.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Brendel R, Dullweber T, Peibst R, Kranz C, Merkle A, Walter D. Breakdown of the efficiency gap to 29% based on experimental input data and modeling. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. 2016 Nov 14;24(12):1475-1486. Epub 2015 Okt 10. doi: 10.1002/pip.2696
Brendel, Rolf ; Dullweber, Thorsten ; Peibst, Robby et al. / Breakdown of the efficiency gap to 29% based on experimental input data and modeling. in: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. 2016 ; Jahrgang 24, Nr. 12. S. 1475-1486.
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