Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p‐n Junction Solar Cells

William Shockley; Hans J. Queisser

doi:10.1063/1.1736034

Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p‐n Junction Solar Cells

Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1063/1.1736034 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 510-519 ◽

Cited By ~ 7030

Author(s):

William Shockley ◽

Hans J. Queisser

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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Ideal p–n Diodes from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Use in Solar Cells: Beating the Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency

ACS Applied Nano Materials ◽

10.1021/acsanm.9b01424 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (12) ◽

pp. 7496-7502

Author(s):

Prathamesh A. Dhakras ◽

Everett Comfort ◽

Ji Ung Lee

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Single Walled Carbon ◽

Detailed Balance Limit ◽

Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Detailed-Balance-Limit Efficiencies of Solar Cells with Intermediate Bands and Carrier Multiplication

10.7567/ssdm.2015.ps-15-15 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

K. Tanabe

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Carrier Multiplication ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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Impact of high electric field on the detailed balance limit of efficiency of solar cells

Applied Physics A ◽

10.1007/s00339-017-0967-5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 123 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. Zieba Falama ◽

F. Ngangoum Welaji ◽

E. Guemene Dountio ◽

S. Y. Doka ◽

T. C. Kofane

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Electric Field ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

High Electric Field ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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Detailed balance limit efficiency of silicon intermediate band solar cells

Chinese Physics B ◽

10.1088/1674-1056/20/9/097103 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 097103 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Quan Cao ◽

Zhi-Hua Ma ◽

Chun-Lai Xue ◽

Yu-Hua Zuo ◽

Qi-Ming Wang

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Intermediate Band ◽

Intermediate Band Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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On the detailed balance limit of ideal multiple bandgap solar cells

The Conference Record of the Twenty-Second IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1991 ◽

10.1109/pvsc.1991.169226 ◽

2002 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

G.L. Araujo ◽

A. Marti

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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The detailed balance limit of perovskite/silicon and perovskite/CdTe tandem solar cells

physica status solidi (a) ◽

10.1002/pssa.201600955 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 214 (5) ◽

pp. 1600955 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Sven Rühle

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Tandem Solar Cells ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

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Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: From Detailed Balance Limit Calculations to Photon Management

Nano-Micro Letters ◽

10.1007/s40820-019-0287-8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Mohammad I. Hossain ◽

Wayesh Qarony ◽

Sainan Ma ◽

Longhui Zeng ◽

Dietmar Knipp ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Energy Conversion ◽

Conversion Efficiency ◽

Detailed Balance ◽

Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽

Tandem Solar Cells ◽

Cell Parameters ◽

Photon Management ◽

Detailed Balance Limit

Abstract Energy conversion efficiency losses and limits of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are investigated by detailed balance calculations and photon management. An extended Shockley–Queisser model is used to identify fundamental loss mechanisms and link the losses to the optics of solar cells. Photon management is used to minimize losses and maximize the energy conversion efficiency. The influence of photon management on the solar cell parameters of a perovskite single-junction solar cell and a perovskite/silicon solar cell is discussed in greater details. An optimized solar cell design of a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell is presented, which allows for the realization of solar cells with energy conversion efficiencies exceeding 32%.

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