Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell

Marius H. Zehender; Yang Chen; Enrique Barrigon; Antonio Marti; Magnus T. Borgstrom; Elisa Antolin

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518451

Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell

Marius H. Zehender, Yang Chen, Enrique Barrigon, Antonio Marti, Magnus T. Borgstrom, Elisa Antolin

Technical University of Madrid

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We present an optical design study on a nanowire heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell. The simple structure of this novel architecture of double-junction solar cell, allows for independent power extraction from the two junctions and makes the nanowire growth easier than in current-matched double-junction solar cells as there is no need for tunnel junctions and only three main semiconductor regions must be grown. We show that the nanowire heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell design results in an optical performance similar to comparable planar devices, with the nanowires only covering 1/3 of the substrate area. Furthermore, it allows for the growth of lattice-mismatched semiconductor combinations, which increases the detailed balance efficiency limit.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1254-1257
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518451
Publication status	Published - 2021 Jun 20
Event	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: 2021 Jun 20 → 2021 Jun 25

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	2021/06/20 → 2021/06/25

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Nano-technology
Condensed Matter Physics (including Material Physics, Nano Physics)

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heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell
multijunction solar cell
nanowire
three-terminal heterojunction

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Zehender, M. H., Chen, Y., Barrigon, E., Marti, A., Borgstrom, M. T., & Antolin, E. (2021). Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell. In 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021 (pp. 1254-1257). (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518451

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Zehender, MH, Chen, Y, Barrigon, E, Marti, A, Borgstrom, MT & Antolin, E 2021, Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell. in 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1254-1257, 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 2021/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518451

Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell. / Zehender, Marius H.; Chen, Yang; Barrigon, Enrique et al.
48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 1254-1257 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Zehender MH, Chen Y, Barrigon E, Marti A, Borgstrom MT, Antolin E. Design study of a nanowire three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cell. In 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2021. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 1254-1257. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518451

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