@article{9cbf668d5a944803add026502b124137,
title = "Predicted Power Output of Silicon-Based Bifacial Tandem Photovoltaic Systems",
abstract = "The energy yield of photovoltaic systems can be augmented by increasing the efficiency of individual cells through tandem architectures, increasing the normal irradiance on modules through tracking, or increasing the total irradiance with bifacial modules. Here, we investigate bifaciality in series-connected tandem architectures and find modest energy gains relative to their monofacial cousins. More importantly, the range of appropriate top-cell bandgaps widens, enabling higher-performance top-cell materials to be used without a detrimental impact on the current matching between the cells.",
keywords = "albedo, bifacial, ray tracing, silicon-based tandems, simulation",
author = "Arthur Onno and Nathan Rodkey and Amir Asgharzadeh and Salman Manzoor and Yu, {Zhengshan J.} and Fatima Toor and Holman, {Zachary C.}",
note = "Funding Information: The information, data, or work presented herein is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, under Award Numbers DE-EE0007552 and DE-EE0008552 . Support was also provided by the Engineering Research Center Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy under NSF Cooperative Agreement No. EEC-1041895 , and by USAID through the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy program, under award AID-391-A-15-00001 . A.A. and F.T. were funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership (SuNLaMP) – Photovoltaic Subprogram grant no. 1625350 . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1016/j.joule.2019.12.017",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "580--596",
journal = "Joule",
issn = "2542-4351",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "3",
}