Feasibility Study for Double Luminescent Down-shifting Effect in A Dual Junction Solar Cell

Abstract

In this work, we discuss the feasibility of two color photons for boosting up the short-circuit current and power conversion efficiency in tandem solar cell. One of them is by luminescent down-shifting (LDS) effect, and the other one is the infrared light emitting diode at 820nm. The CdZnSeS/ZnS quantum dots are used in this study. It can convert ultra-violet photons to visible ones which could be efficiently transformed into electron-hole pairs. The infrared-radiation LED can increase photo-generated carriers of the bottom GaAs solar cell. Finally, short-circuit current would significantly increase from 10.46 mA/cm(2) to 13.81 mA/cm(2), and power conversion efficiency increase from 19.89 to 25.22%. This result shows the possible double-LDS effect for solar cell enhancement in the future.