Antireflective coatings for multijunction solar cells under wide-angle ray bundles
- 22 March 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 20 (7), 8136-8147
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.008136
Abstract
Two important aspects must be considered when optimizing antireflection coatings (ARCs) for multijunction solar cells to be used in concentrators: the angular light distribution over the cell created by the particular concentration system and the wide spectral bandwidth the solar cell is sensitive to. In this article, a numerical optimization procedure and its results are presented. The potential efficiency enhancement by means of ARC optimization is calculated for several concentrating PV systems. In addition, two methods for ARCs direct characterization are presented. The results of these show that real ARCs slightly underperform theoretical predictions.Keywords
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