Modeling the Thermal Response of Al_0.3Ga_0.7As/GaAs/Ge Multijunction Solar Cells

Simulating the Performance of Al0.3Ga0.7As/InP/Ge Multijunction Solar Cells under Variation of Spectral Irradiance and Temperature

“…e increasing temperature received by MJSC will reduce its performance as shown in Figure 2(a), where the total efficiency drops with the rate of around −0.10%/°C. e linear dependence (with the negative slope) of the overall efficiency to temperature is similar to the monotonic behavior of a traditional monolithic MJSC, where a lattice mismatch between two adjacent subcells will dissipate the transmitted power and reduce the solar cell performance [26][27][28]. e same behavior was also found in open-circuit voltage (V oc ) of each subcell, where V oc linearly depends (with the negative slope) on temperature.…”

Modeling the Output Performance of Al0.3Ga0.7As/InP/Ge Triple-Junction Solar Cells for a Venus Orbiter Space Station

“…This arrangement will minimize the spectrum loss and increase the efficiency of MJSC as compared to a single junction solar cell. The typical MJSC on Earth's surface can produce above 30% efficiency under one sun solar radiation and almost approaching 50% when exposed to several hundreds of times of solar radiation by using solar concentrators [36][37][38]. The closer distance of Venus to the sun will ensure more power produced by the IVOSS's solar panels at this position as compared to the Earth's geosynchronous orbit.…”