Spectral response measurements of multijunction solar cells with low shunt resistance and breakdown voltages

Published

October 25, 2016

Author(s)

Behrang H. Hamadani, Juan P. Babaro, Kevin G. West

Abstract

Spectral response measurements of germanium-based triple-junction solar cells were performed under a variety of light and voltage bias conditions. Two of the three junctions exhibited voltage and light bias dependent artifacts in their measured responses. To obtain more insight into the observed phenomena, a set of current-voltage measurement combinations were also performed on the solar cells under identical illumination conditions and the data were used in the context of a diode-based analytical model to calculate and predict the spectral response behavior of each junction as a function of voltage. The analysis revealed that both low shunt resistance and low breakdown voltages in two of the three junctions influenced the behavior of all three junctions, two of them in significant ways. The data and the modeling suggest that combination of current-voltage measurements under various light bias sources can reveal important information about the spectral response behavior in these devices.

Citation

Energy Science and Engineering

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

solar cells, multijunction solar cells, photovoltaics, measurement, energy, spectral response

Citation

Hamadani, B. , Babaro, J. and West, K. (2016), Spectral response measurements of multijunction solar cells with low shunt resistance and breakdown voltages, Energy Science and Engineering (Accessed January 2, 2025)