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High-efficiency (η = 39.6%, AM 1.5D) cascade of photoconverters in solar splitting systems

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A concentrator photovoltaic module with spectral splitting of solar radiation is developed. The module is based on a Fresnel lens and two dichroic filters. Solar cells based on AlGaAs and GaAs are grown by low-temperature liquid-phase epitaxy. GaSb photoconverters are fabricated by zinc gas-phase diffusion into a base epitaxial layer or an n-type GaSb substrate. The total efficiency of three solar cells developed for the spectral splitting module reached 39.6% (AM 1.5D spectrum).

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    V. P. Khvostikov, A. S. Vlasov, S. V. Sorokina, N. S. Potapovich, N. Kh. Timoshina, M. Z. Shvarts & V. M. Andreev

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Khvostikov, A.S. Vlasov, S.V. Sorokina, N.S. Potapovich, N.Kh. Timoshina, M.Z. Shvarts, V.M. Andreev, 2011, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 810–815.

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Khvostikov, V.P., Vlasov, A.S., Sorokina, S.V. et al. High-efficiency (η = 39.6%, AM 1.5D) cascade of photoconverters in solar splitting systems. Semiconductors 45, 792–797 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378261106011X

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