Ross and Hsiao reported that the efficiency cannot exceed 29% based on an ideal theoretical analysis, where entropy and unavoidable irreversibility place a limit on the efficiency of photochemical solar energy conversion.
Solar-cell efficiency is the portion of energy in the form of sunlight that can be converted via photovoltaics into electricity by the solar cell. The efficiency of the solar cells used in a photovoltaic system, in combination with latitude and climate, determines the annual energy output of the system.
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This great development in the efficiency is not matched if the cost of the device is considered. The highly efficient PVs (mainly multi-junction solar cells) are prohibitively expensive , . On the other hand, the efficiency of the most dominant technology in the market (i.e. Si) is 25% in the lab and less than 20% commercially.
The maximum possible room-temperature power conversion efficiency of a single junction, c – Si solar cell under 1–sun illumination, according to the laws of thermodynamics, is 32.33% 6. This limit is based on the assumptions of perfect solar absorption and no losses due to non-radiative charge-carrier recombination.
Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative We demonstrate through precise numerical simulations the possibility of flexible, thin-film solar cells, consisting of crystalline silicon, to achieve power conversion efficiency of 31%.
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