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A summary of expressions for central performance parameters of high efficiency solar cell concepts

Rune Strandberg

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010302 applied physicsPhysicsbusiness.industryOpen-circuit voltageSemiconductor device modeling02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologySolar energyTopology01 natural scienceslaw.inventionsymbols.namesakelawLambert W function0103 physical sciencesSolar cellsymbolsEnergy transformation0210 nano-technologybusinessShort circuitVoltage

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This work reviews expressions for central performance parameters of various types of PV-concepts when operating at the radiative limit. Some new expressions not published elsewhere are also included. The performance parameters include the short circuit current density, the open circuit voltage, the maximum power density and the optimal voltage. The cell concepts include single junction cells, cells optically coupled to up- and down-converters, intermediate band solar cells and a couple of implementations of multijunction devices. The Lambert W function is used to express the maximum power density.

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2019-06-012019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc40753.2019.8981210