TY - JOUR T1 - New Structure of III-V Tandem Solar Cells Based on Crystalline Silicon by using Trough Concentrator AU - Ganouni, Rached AU - Talbi, Mourad AU - Boujmil, Mohamed Fathi AU - Ezzaouia, Hatem JO - Research Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 11 IS - 12 SP - 1526 EP - 1533 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-932x DO - rjasci.2016.1526.1533 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2016.1526.1533 KW - GaInP/GaAs/c-Si KW -tandem solar cells KW -new structure KW -AM1 KW -5 illumination AB - Multi-junction Solar Cells (SC) made from III-V compound semiconductors are still in the development phase. Here, we perform calculations for multi-junction cells: GaInP and GaAs based on crystalline silicon (With band-gaps, respectively 1.85, 1.42 and 1.1eV) in order to obtain the optimal thickness and efficiency for each junction under the AM1.5 solar radiation spectrum. The ideal photo-current density is around 9.2 mAcm–2 In order to reduce the problem of mismatch between cells and the tunnel junction costs and fabrication, we use a new structure of tandem solar cells in it we separates the cells in a good theoretical model. The expected conversion efficiency (η), under the AM1.5 spectrum (without tunnel junction), was determined to be around 46%, making this an attractive III-V compound tandem cell with crystalline silicon to be investigated in the near future. ER -