Spectral technique for accurate efficiency measurements of emerging solar cells

Gavrik, Alexey; Mannanov, Artur L.; Tsarev, Sergey; Bruevich, Vladimir V.; Trukhanov, V.A.; Chernikov, Yuriy A.; Savchenko, Petr S.; Gvozdkova, Julia D.; Solodukhin, Alexander N.; Troshin, Pavel A.; Ponomarenko, Sergei A.; Paraschuk, Dmitry Yu.

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.015

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“…On the contrary, the progression and integration of effective photovoltaic cells are hampered by two primary aspects: efficiency and cost. Recently, research into more efficient and effective research in photovoltaics has resulted in the existing of emerging solar cells and enhanced conventional efficiency baseline designed CIGS solar cells [3,4]. New chalcopyrite materials accomplished greater than 24% efficiency from expanding thin-film solar cells with efficiencies larger than 10% [5][6][7].…”

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Advanced selection materials in solar cell efficiency and their properties - A comprehensive review

Alarifi

2023

Materials Today: Proceedings

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Solar cell layers technology has achieved global standing in the solar cell layers deposition process, and it covers the innovative methods and techniques in significant applications. Recent solar cell layers technology has an advanced interest in a refined approach to enhance performance and highlights the importance of recent proficient procedures for manufacturing. For example, the application is used to search for novel materials for solar cells' layers to clarify the current energy crisis. The technological process and various types of solar cells depend on climate change. Among them, layers of solar cells and silicon wafer solar cells are very encouraging. Solar cell layers technology has led to solar cells being a more reasonable active option in design and production. The productivities facilitated by new solar cells still need to be enhanced for the various processes involved in the additional enhancement from Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) microfilms to solar cell crystal structure dye-sensitized solar cells. The hydrophobic coating works as an anti-dust coating, enhancing efficiency and decreasing the cost of cleaning solar cells. In Saudi Arabia Majmaah City, most solar projects are in dry regions, where the dusty weather reduces solar cell efficiency. Therefore, combining these two properties and applying an anti-reflective and superhydrophobic coating will increase solar cell efficiency by 20%. Solar cells' crystal structure results are substituted with layers or new materials to balance environmental impact and toxic nature.

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Advanced selection materials in solar cell efficiency and their properties - A comprehensive review

Alarifi

2023

Materials Today: Proceedings

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“…[14] For the spectral factor, some researchers used simulating software or simulating light sources to investigate the influence of solar spectrum on the power generation of PSCs. [7,15,16] However, even though those experiments can be carefully arranged, there are still problems that cannot be ignored. First, due to the influence of random factors such as atmospheric vapor, turbidity or particle pollution, simulation software, and simulated light sources are hard to accurately predict the changes in the actual outdoor spectrum.…”

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Perovskite Solar Module Outdoor Field Testing and Spectral Irradiance Effects on Power Generation

Huang

Shou

Sun

et al. 2022

Physica Rapid Research Ltrs

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One of the challenges facing the industrialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is the lack of outdoor field‐testing evaluation, especially for large‐scale perovskite solar modules. Herein, the real‐world operating performance of an efficient PSC module in the rooftop field test is characterized and analyzed. The maximum power point of a 125 mm × 125 mm PSC module, with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.34%, is tracked outdoors. Meanwhile, the weather information is recorded, which enables us to investigate the correlation between specific outdoor factors and the device performance. Compared with the multicrystalline silicon (mc‐Si) solar cell as a reference, the PSC module is more sensitive to outdoor solar spectral variations due to its narrow absorption region. Furthermore, benefitting from the long‐wave bump and redshift of the spectral, the available energy ratio of PSC module increases in the morning and afternoon hours, and its performance ratio (PR) value increases accordingly. During the test, the PR of PSC module reaches a maximum of 92.3%, an average of 5% higher than that of the mc‐Si counterpart.

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Swarm‐Optimized ZnO/CdS/CIGS/GaAs Solar Cell for Enhanced Efficiency and Thermal Resilience

Manzoor,

Hussain

et al. 2024

Adv Energy and Sustain Res

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Optimizing solar cell design is vital for boosting efficiency, cutting production costs, and meeting the increasing demand for renewable energy solutions. Through meticulous adjustments in material compositions and device architectures, optimization enhances energy conversion efficiency, making solar power more competitive and adaptable across various applications. This article presents the optimization and efficiency enhancement of a ZnO/CdS/CIGS solar cell with GaAs. The optimization process utilizes the particle swarm optimization algorithm with a step‐by‐step approach. Solar cells are designed using SCAPS‐1D software, and optimization is performed using Python. The optimized ZnO/CdS/CIGS solar cell achieves an efficiency of 32.4%, which rises to 44.7% upon integrating a GaAs layer. Further efficiency gains are observed, reaching 53.2% through back contact optimization, providing a power density of 54 mW cm−2. Optimization also notices a significant improvement in quantum efficiency. The cells are tested under concentrated solar irradiance (1000–10 000 W m−2) and temperatures (300–800 K). Results show that at 10 000 W m−2 and 800 K, the ZnO/CdS/CIGS/GaAs cell requires 53.9% less material than the ZnO/CdS/CIGS cell. Thus, adding GaAs enhances efficiency and thermal resilience, making it ideal for concentrated photovoltaics.

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Spectral technique for accurate efficiency measurements of emerging solar cells

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

Advanced selection materials in solar cell efficiency and their properties - A comprehensive review

Advanced selection materials in solar cell efficiency and their properties - A comprehensive review

Perovskite Solar Module Outdoor Field Testing and Spectral Irradiance Effects on Power Generation

Swarm‐Optimized ZnO/CdS/CIGS/GaAs Solar Cell for Enhanced Efficiency and Thermal Resilience

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