Optical simulations and optimization of perovskite/CI(G)S tandem solar cells using the transfer matrix method

Aleksandra Bojar; Daniel Micha; Maxime Giteau; Marco A. Ruiz-Preciado; Ulrich W. Paetzold; Marcel Simor; Veronique S. Gevaerts; Romain Carron; Karim Medjoubi; Stéphane Collin; Negar Naghavi; Jean François Guillemoles; Philip Schulz

doi:10.1088/2515-7655/accf34

Optical simulations and optimization of perovskite/CI(G)S tandem solar cells using the transfer matrix method

Aleksandra Bojar
, Daniel Micha
, Maxime Giteau
, Marco A. Ruiz-Preciado
, Ulrich W. Paetzold
, Marcel Simor
, Veronique S. Gevaerts
, Romain Carron
, Karim Medjoubi
, Stéphane Collin
, Negar Naghavi
, Jean François Guillemoles
, Philip Schulz

Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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In this work we employ the transfer matrix method for the analysis of optical materials properties to simulate and optimize monolithic tandem solar cell devices based on CuIn_1−xGa _x Se₂, CI(G)S, and perovskite (PVK) absorbers. By finding models that fit well the experimental data of the CI(G)S solar cell, the semitransparent perovskite solar cell (PSC) and the PVK/CI(G)S monolithic tandem solar cell, we were able to perform a detailed optical loss analysis that allowed us to determine sources of parasitic absorption. We found better substitute materials for the transport layers to increase the power conversion efficiency and, in case of semitransparent PSCs, sub-bandgap transmittance. Our results set guidelines for the monolithic PVK/CI(G)S tandem solar cells development, predicting an achievable efficiency of 30%.

Original language	English
Article number	035001
Journal	JPhys Energy
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/accf34
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2023

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optical simulations
perovskite/CIGS tandem solar cells
transfer matrix method

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Bojar, A., Micha, D., Giteau, M., Ruiz-Preciado, M. A., Paetzold, U. W., Simor, M., Gevaerts, V. S., Carron, R., Medjoubi, K., Collin, S., Naghavi, N., Guillemoles, J. F., & Schulz, P. (2023). Optical simulations and optimization of perovskite/CI(G)S tandem solar cells using the transfer matrix method. JPhys Energy, 5(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/accf34

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