Status of C3MJ+ and C4MJ Production Concentrator Solar Cells at Spectrolab

被引：44

作者：

Ermer, J. H. ^{[1
]}

Jones, R. K. ^{[1
]}

Hebert, P. ^{[1
]}

Pien, P. ^{[1
]}

King, R. R. ^{[1
]}

Bhusari, D. ^{[1
]}

Brandt, R. ^{[1
]}

Al-Taher, O. ^{[1
]}

Fetzer, C. ^{[1
]}

Kinsey, G. S. ^{[2
]}

Karam, N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Boeing Spectrolab, Sylmar, CA 91342 USA

[2] Amonix, Seal Beach, CA 90740 USA

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS | 2012年 / 2卷 / 02期

关键词：

Concentrator photovoltaics; multijunction solar cells; photovoltaic cells; spectral response; III-V semiconductor materials;

D O I：

10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2180893

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

Multijunction solar cells based on III-V semiconductors, having recently demonstrated 43.5%, remain the world's most efficient solar cells, and the preferred technology in point-focus and dense-array concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system architectures. The year 2011 proved to be a pivotal year for CPV technology, with multiple power plant installations in the megawatt to tens of megawatt scale. Spectrolab is working closely with CPV system manufacturers to provide a reliable and well-characterized cell technology, in volumes commensurate with this increasing demand. The evolutionary C3MJ+ and the C4MJ cell technologies are the latest in a sequence of CPV solar cell designs, with conversion efficiencies approaching or greater than 40%. Both technologies have completed detailed characterization and qualification programs, including accelerated laboratory and (for C4MJ) on-sun reliability testing, and have entered into high volume production at Spectrolab's manufacturing facility in Sylmar, CA. The metamorphic C4MJ technology affords new opportunities to optimize cell designs, taking into consideration both the spectral optical transmittance of a particular CPV system and the installation site's average solar resource over a typical meteorological year.

引用

页码：209 / 213

页数：5

共 13 条

[1]

Bosco N, 2010, 6 INT C CONC PHOT SY

[2] What is the appropriate reference spectrum for characterizing concentrator cells? [J].

Emery, K ;

Myers, D ;

Kurtz, S .

CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE TWENTY-NINTH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE 2002, 2002, :840-843

[3]

Fetzer C, 2010, 6 INT C CONC PHOT SY

[4] Parameterized transmittance model for direct beam and circumsolar spectral irradiance [J].

Gueymard, CA .

SOLAR ENERGY, 2001, 71 (05) :325-346

[5] Band gap-voltage offset and energy production in next-generation multijunction solar cells [J].

King, R. R. ;

Bhusari, D. ;

Boca, A. ;

Larrabee, D. ;

Liu, X. -Q. ;

Hong, W. ;

Fetzer, C. M. ;

Law, D. C. ;

Karam, N. H. .

PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, 2011, 19 (07) :797-812

[6] Advances in High-Efficiency III-V Multijunction Solar Cells [J].

King, Richard R. ;

Law, Daniel C. ;

Edmondson, Kenneth M. ;

Fetzer, ChristopherM. ;

Kinsey, Geoffrey S. ;

Yoon, Hojun ;

Krut, Dimitri D. ;

Ermer, James H. ;

Sherif, Raed A. ;

Karam, Nasser H. .

ADVANCES IN OPTOELECTRONICS, 2007, 2007

[7]

Kinsey G, 2011, 7 INT C CONC PHOT SY

[8] Spectral Response and Energy Output of Concentrator Multijunction Solar Cells [J].

Kinsey, Geoffrey S. ;

Edmondson, Kenneth M. .

PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, 2009, 17 (05) :279-288

[9] Criteria for the design of GalnP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction cells to optimize their performance outdoors [J].

McMahon, WE ;

Kurtz, S ;

Emery, K ;

Young, MS .

CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE TWENTY-NINTH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE 2002, 2002, :931-934

[10]

Miller D, P SPIE, V7773, P777303

← 1 2 →