Numerical quantification and minimization of perimeter losses in high-efficiency silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 355-367

  Altermatt, Pietro P ^a,b   Heiser, Gernot ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIMETER LOSSES;

HEAT LOSSES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON WAFERS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030234602     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199609/10)4:5<355::AID-PIP145>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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