Measurements The I-V characteristics of single-junction GaInNAs SC, for AM1.5G real-sun illumination, are shown in Figure 1a. Measurements were done with and without a 900-nm long-pass filter inserted before the SC. The filter was used for simulating the light absorption into top junctions present in a multijunction device. The open circuit voltage

(V oc) and short-circuit current (J sc) values for the GaInNAs SCs were 0.416 V and approximately 40 mA/cm2, and 0.368 V and approximately 10 mA/cm2, without and with a long-pass find more filter, respectively. The spectral behavior of PL and EQE is shown in Figure 1b. The bandgap of the GaInNAs was estimated from the PL peak maximum wavelength to be approximately 1 eV. Figure 1 The I – V characteristics of single-junction GaInNAs SC (a) and EQE and PL spectra of GaInNAs (b). Examples of the measured PL spectra for GaInNAsSb structures with different Selleckchem NVP-BSK805 amounts of

Sb are presented in Figure 2a. As it can be seen, the bandgap of GaInNAsSb can be decreased down to 0.83 eV (1,500 nm). The I-V characteristics Erismodegib of a GaInNAsSb SC with E g = 0.9 eV measured under real sun excitation at AM1.5G are presented in Figure 2b. Figure 2 Measured photoluminescence spectra of GaInNAsSb SCs (a) and I – V characteristics of 0.9-eV GaInNAsSb SC (b). From the data presented in Figures 1 and 2b, we have calculated the W oc values for selected GaInNAs and GaInNAsSb single-junction SCs. For GaInNAs SC with E g = 1 eV the W oc was 0.58 V and for GaInNAsSb with E g = 0.90 eV, the W oc was 0.59 V. The best W oc we have achieved so far from GaInNAs single-junction SCs is 0.49 V [11]. during The observations made here are in accordance with previously published reports which indicate that the Sb-based solar cells have a slightly higher W oc values compared to GaInNAs SCs [6, 9]. The J sc values at AM1.5G for GaInNAsSb solar cells are summarized in Table 1 together with calculated EQEav values for SCs with a thick GaAs filter. The fitted diode parameters for GaInNAsSb single-junction SCs are also included in Table 1.

The performance of the GaInP/GaAs/GaInNAs SC, which we used for initial estimation, was current limited to 12 mA/cm2[10]; we note here that 14 mA/cm2 would be needed for current matching with the two top junctions. Based on the J sc = 12 mA/cm2, we calculate that in our triple-junction SCs, the EQEav of GaInNAs subjunction below a thick GaAs filter is approximately 0.6. For the current matching of this particular type of triple-junction device, one would need an EQEav of 0.7. The V oc improvement from double- to triple-junction SC due to adding GaInNAs subjunction was 0.35 V. Using this information and our model, we can approximate the behavior of the pure GaInNAs subjunction at different illumination conditions. At 1/3 suns – situation which occurs when a lattice-matched triple-junction cell is illuminated by 1 sun – the W oc of GaInNAs subjunction is 0.56 V.