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Materials Science and Technology
Stephan Buecheler, Fan Fu, Thomas Feurer, Stefano Pisoni, Enrico Avancini, Romain Carron, Shiro Nishiwaki, Ayodhya N. Tiwari
Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland;
CIGS-based Tandem Solar Cells
IW-CIGSTech 7 June 23rd, 2016
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Efficiency potential of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells
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Jsc[mA/cm2]
Voc[mV]
FF [%]
Eff [%]
Empa cell on PI 35.1 736 78.9 20.4SQ-limit (1.15 eV) 42.3 887 87 32.7Losses compared to SQ-limit -17% -17% -9.3%
Jsc by ~10% (38.5 mA/cm2)
Voc by ~9% (800 mV)
FF by ~3%(81%)
efficiency of 25% for CIGS solar cells is a realistic goal
Envisaged improvement for CIGS (maybe not all applicable on flexible substrate):
Development supported by HZ2020 project Sharc25 with 11 European partners
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Polycrystalline thin film solar cells with efficiency >30%?
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• Module efficiency is critical to reduce non-module costs
Source: “PV Status Report 2014”, A. Jager-Waldau, JRC ReportsA. Polman, H.A. Atwater, Nature Materials 11,174–177 (2012)
Tandem can help here
Thermodynamic losses in PV
Chalcogenide and Perovskite thin film solar cells are promising for tandem devices:• Tunable, low bandgap• Polycrystalline, thin film absorbers on
various substrates deposited in cost-effective manner
Price breakdown of residential PV system
Other costs
Engineering procurement &
construction
Balance of systems
Inverter
PV module
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Tandem configurations
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+ Less optical losses in transparent contacts+ Only one DC circuit- Current matching required for all incident
angels- Reduced energy yield due to different
temperature and spectral dependence
2-terminal (monolithic) tandem
4-terminal tandem
+ Both cells can operate in resp. MPP+ “simple” stacking possible - Additional optical losses in transparent
contacts- Two DC circuits
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Overview – CIGS based tandem devices
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Top cell Bottom cell Tandem deviceTechn. Efficiency
[%]Techn. Efficiency
[%]Efficiency filtered [%]
Config
Tandem efficiency [%]
Efficiency gain [%]*
Reference
Cd(Hg)Te 1.9 CIS NA 1.2 2t 3.0 1.1** J. D. Meakin, et al., Solar Cells, vol. 16, pp. 447–455, Jan. 1986.
CdTe 13.8 CIS NA 1.5 4t 15.3 1.5** X. Wu, et al., Symposium F – Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics, 2005, vol. 865, p. F114
AIGS 5.3 CIGS 14.3 3.2 2t 8.0 -6.3 T. Nakada et al., IEEE 4th World Conference on PV, vol 1, 400-403, 2006.
CGS 4.3 CIGS 17.1 4.3 2t 8.5 -8.6 M. Schmid et al., EPJ Photovoltaics, vol 1, 10601, 2010.
DSSC 7.6 CIGS 13.9 8.2 4t 15.8 1.9 P. Liska, et al., Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 20, p. 203103, May 2006.
DSSC 7.3 CIGS 6.1 NA 2t 13.0 5.7** S. H. Moon, et al., Sci. Rep., vol. 5, Mar. 2015.
DSSC 8.4 CIGS 11.6 NA 2t 12.2 0.6 S. Wenger, et al., Applied Physics Letters, vol. 94, no. 17, p. 173508, Apr. 2009.
a-Si 3.1 CIS NA 2.0 2t 5.8 2.7** B. E. McCandless et al., 20th IEEE PSC, 1988, pp. 381–384 vol.1.
* Efficiency gain compared to the sub cell with highest efficiency.** Real efficiency gain unknown since unfiltered efficiency of bottom cell not measured/published
Tandem efficiency mainly limited by low performance and/or transmission of top cell
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Theoretical efficiency limit for 2 junction tandem solar cells
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Calculated maximum efficiency in the detailed balance limit for AM1.5G incident light. No optical losses included!
2-terminal tandem 4-terminal tandem
EG of state-of-the-art CIGS43.6%
CIS - EG44.5%43.8%
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W. Schockley and H. J. Queisser, ‘‘Detailed balanced limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells’’, J. Appl. Phys. 32, 510 (1961).
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State-of-the-art perovskite solar cells
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Towards CIS higher degree of freedom for buffer and window layerE. Avancini et al., presented at E-MRS Spring Meeting 2016, May 2nd-6th, 2016, Lille, France
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CI(G)S as bottom cell in tandem device - BSF
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SIMS [Ga]/([Ga]+[In]) profile Associated quantum efficiencyVOC loss in relation to the optical BG
Decreasing GGI: VOC ↓ JSC ↑ FF ↓
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CI(G)S as bottom cell in tandem device – front grading/In2S3
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SIMS [Ga]/([Ga]+[In]) profile PV performance
In2S3
CdS
VOC can be improved with front grading up to a certain steepness without mayor JSC losses
Fill factor drops considerably for stronger front grading, diminishing the gains in VOC
In2S3 buffer allows a strong increase in VOC, but the observed FF losses and light soaking
behavior need to be addressed before it can be applied in devices.
T. Feurer et al., presented at E-MRS Spring Meeting 2016, May 2nd-6th, 2016, Lille, France
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CI(G)S as bottom cell in tandem device – PDT/doping
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Additional 20 minutes annealing @ ~350°C under Se atmosphereCdS CBD, i-ZnO/AZO front-contact
GGI VOC (mV) JSC (mA/cm2) FF (%) Eff (%)
CIS 0.00 444 37.0 67.2 11.0
CIS w/ annealing 0.00 491 39.1 72.6 13.9
Post deposition treatment needs to be adjusted for Ga free CIS EQE shows weak near infrared response, indicating collection issues Combination of BSF, front grading and modified PDT required
T. Feurer et al., presented at E-MRS Spring Meeting 2016, May 2nd-6th, 2016, Lille, France
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Perovskite-CIGS tandem device in 4-terminal configuration
20.5% Perovskite-CIGS in 4-terminal tandem configuration
6.3%
14.2%18.3%
F. Fu et al., Nat. Commun. 2015, 10.1002/aenm.201301400
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Perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cells: 4-terminal
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Perovskite based tandem solar cells – efficiency gain
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Y. Liu et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 7070 (2016)C. Chen et al., Mater. Horiz. 2, 203 (2015)J. P. Mailoa et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 121105 (2015)
J. Werner et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 161 (2016)
P. Löper et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 1619 (2015)
C. Bailie et al., Energy Environ. Sci.8, 956 (2015)
∆ƞ = 2.9%
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Perovskite and CIGS devices are suitable partners for high efficiency tandem devices
Clear efficiency gain in tandem devices compared to sub cells already achieved
Low-temperature grown all-thin-film PV device in tandem configuration with efficiency >22% suitable for flexible substrate
sub-cell efficiency – band gap of top and bottom cell – transmission through top cell – recombination layer – NIR response in bottom cell – stability of top cell …
Conclusion and Outlook
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Outlook: flexible perovskite-CIGS tandem devices
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Flexible thin-film tandem device to overcome Shockley-Queisser single junction limit.
Challenges?
• Low-temperature flexible top cell
• Highly efficient NIR-transparent flexible perovskite solar cell
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Outlook: flexible perovskite-CIGS tandem devices
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AcknowledgementsThe Competence Center for Energy and Mobility in ETH Domain and Swiss Federal Office of Energy: CONNECT-PVThe Swiss National Science Foundation NRP70: PV-2050NanoTera and The Swiss Federal Office of Energy: SynergyNanoTera: Synergy-GatewayFlisom AG
ContactLaboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics
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