High‐voltage vertical multijunction solar cell
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 47 (2) , 555-559
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.322659
Abstract
The vertical multijunction solar cell with covering lens is a photovoltaic device which promises efficiencies greater than that predicted under ideal conditions for any other structure. The mathematical analysis presented here illustrates this statement. In addition the structure described here is capable of a high‐voltage output for small solar cell dimensions, a feature which makes this device attractive for many applications where other designs are impractical. The analysis predicts the output short‐circuit current, open‐circuit voltage, maximum power, and an efficiency of 21% for a silicon homojunction solar cell.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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