Spatially resolved analysis and minimization of resistive losses in high-efficiency Si solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-414

  Altermatt, Pietro P ^a,c   Heiser, Gernot ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^b   Wang, Aihua ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Robinson, Stephen J ^a   Bowden, Stuart ^a   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESISTIVE LOSSES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTIMIZATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030288296     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199611/12)4:6<399::AID-PIP148>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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