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中国物理学会期刊

GaInP/GaAs太阳电池的柔性封装及稳定性

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.72.20230352

Study of flexible packing and stability of GaInP/GaAs solar cells

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.72.20230352
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  • 柔性Ⅲ-Ⅴ薄膜太阳电池通常被作为空间电源在航天器上使用, 而在实际应用中适宜的封装材料可以保护电池免受水分、氧化、污染物等环境因素的影响. 因此, 探究合适的柔性封装方案和电池性能的长期稳定性至关重要. 本文利用电阻焊方法将制备好的柔性双结GaInP/GaAs太阳电池进行焊接, 之后采用具有高透光性的薄膜材料和热熔胶与柔性电池进行层压封装并研究了其在恶劣储存条件下的性能稳定性和环境耐受性. 研究结果表明, 柔性封装太阳电池在1000 h以上的温度为85 ℃, 相对湿度85% (85 ℃/85% RH)的湿热试验以及108次温度范围为–60 ℃—75 ℃的冷热循环老化试验后仍然保持了很好的稳定性, 表明封装工艺对柔性太阳电池具有较好的保护作用. 此外, 基于二极管模型的电学仿真结果表明, 柔性封装后电池性能的改变是由于载流子复合增强, 从而降低了开路电压.

     

    Flexible III-V thin-film solar cells are usually used as space power supply in spacecrafts. In practical applications, suitable encapsulated materials can protect the cells from being affected by environmental factors such as moisture, oxidation and pollutants. Therefore, it is critical to explore suitable flexible encapsulation schemes and long-term stability of solar cell performance. In this paper, the prepared flexible GaInP/GaAs solar cells are welded by resistance welding, and then laminated with polymer encapsulation thin films and hot melt adhesives with high light transmission. After being encapsulated, the flexible two-junction solar cell achieves good electrical performance (Jsc = 13.105 mA·cm–2, Voc = 2.360 V), the photoelectric conversion efficiency can reach 24.81%, and the weight density is about 405 g/m2. The performance stability and environmental tolerance of the encapsulated flexible GaInP/GaAs solar cells under complex storage conditions are investigated. The results show that the encapsulated flexible solar cells still maintain good stability after 85 ℃/85% RH damp heat has been tested for more than 1000 h and 108 cycles of thermal cycling test between –60 ℃ and 75 ℃, respectively. It also proves that the encapsulated technology adopted in this experiment is feasible and has an excellent protective effect on the double-junction solar cells. However, there is a slight decrease in the open-circuit voltage in the long-term damp heat test (ΔVoc ≈ 0.023 V), which may reflect the change of the solar cell itself. By further extracting the changes of the ideal factors n1 and n2 representing the recombination mechanism and diffusion mechanism respectively from the dark I-V curves (Δn1 = 1.295, Δn2 = 0.087), it can be found that the slight drop of open-circuit voltage is closely related to the recombination enhancement (Δn1\gg Δn2). In the long-term high temperature and humidity environment, it is easy to introduce defects in the material of the solar cells, serving as the carrier recombination centers, thus accelerating the carrier recombination, reducing the parallel resistance, shortening the minority carrier lifetime, and increasing the reverse saturation current resulting in a slight drop in the open-circuit voltage. In addition, the electrical simulation results based on the diode-model indicate that the change in the performance of the solar cells after flexible encapsulation is due to the enhanced carrier recombination under damp heat test, which reduces the open-circuit voltage.

     

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