Abstract:
Based on the Varshni model-temperature dependence of the energy gap and the empirical Caughey-Thomas model, Ga
0.84In
0.16As/Ge
0.93Sn
0.07 double-junction solar cells under lattice matching were numerically simulated. In this study, the band gap
Eg, reverse saturation current density
J0 of the materials and the photovoltaic properties on temperatures were explored detailedly. Results show that band gaps of the Ga
0.84In
0.16As and Ge
0.93Sn
0.07sub-cells decrease approximately linearly in the temperature range of 250-400 K with the rates of -0.412 meV/K and -0.274 meV/K, respectively. The
J0 of the subcell is exponentially enhanced as the material temperature increases. Temperature coefficients of
Jsc and
Voc are about 12.86 μA/(cm
2·K) and -3.48 mV/K, respectively. The FF decreases from 0.87 to 0.78, and the
η reduces from 31.39% to 17.69% when the temperature increases from 250 K to 400 K. In addition, the temperature coefficients of the
Jsc,
Voc, FF and
η of the Ge
0.93Sn
0.07 sub-cells are about 6.59 μA/(cm
2·K), - 1.76 mV/K, -0.213%/K and -0.042%/K, respectively, which are better than the temperature performance of the Ge sub-cells in the traditional Ⅲ-Ⅴ multi-junction cells. The results in the paper can be conducive to promote the low-cost development and application of GaInAs/GeSn-based multi-junction solar cells.