Microscale solar cells for high concentration on polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

Myriam Paire; Laurent Lombez; Nicolas Péré-Laperne; Stephane Collin; Jean Luc Pelouard; Daniel Lincot; Jean François Guillemoles

doi:10.1063/1.3604789

Microscale solar cells for high concentration on polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ thin films

Myriam Paire
, Laurent Lombez
, Nicolas Péré-Laperne
, Stephane Collin
, Jean Luc Pelouard
, Daniel Lincot
, Jean François Guillemoles

Lamsid/EDF/R and D
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
PSL University
Sorbonne Université

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We report high concentration experiments on polycrystalline thin film solar cells. High level regime is reached, thanks to the micrometric scale of the Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ cells, which strongly decreases resistive losses. A 4% absolute efficiency increase is obtained at a concentration of ×120, and current densities as high as 100 A/cm² can be measured. These results show that the use of polycrystalline thin films under high concentration is possible, with important technological consequences.

Original language	English
Article number	264102
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3604789
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2011

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