Fundamentals of Solar Cell Design. Rajender Boddula
3.4 Conclusion
In summary, this chapter discussed the TSC, its multiple junction system, and its different types such as OTSC, ITSC, and HTSC. We review their last few year back research paper and concluded that the tandem solar cell has two, three, and four junction and efficiency reached upto 32.8%, 44.4%, and 46.0%, respectively. The OTSC is economic but low efficiency upto 15%. The inorganic tandem solar is very expensive and high efficiency upto 46%. The HTSC is the third type, and Perovskite tandem has already proven to be quite efficient (17%) and low cost. The third-generation HTSC is the future hope of the scientists and intellectual, because it is economic and, day by day, its efficiency improved by scientists.
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