20 000 PERL silicon cells for the '1996 World Solar Challenge' solar car race

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Zhao, J ^a   Wang, A ^a   Yun, F ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Roche, D M ^a   Wenham, S R ^a   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVATED EMITTER REAR LOCALLY DIFFUSED (PERL) CELLS; SOLAR CARS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0031191618     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199707/08)5:4<269::AID-PIP174>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. M. A. Green, 'World Solar Challenge 1993: the trans-Australian solar car race', Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl., 2(1), 73-79 (1994).
2. P. J. Verlinden, R. M. Swanson and R. A. Crane, '7000 High-efficiency cells for a Dream', Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl., 2(2), 143-152, (1994).
3. J. Zhao, A. Wang, P. Altermatt and M. A. Green, 'Twenty-four percent efficient silicon solar cells with double layer antireflection coatings and reduced resistance loss', Appl. Phys. Lett., 66(26), 3636-3638, (1995).
4. J. Zhao, A. Wang, M. Taouk, S. R. Wenham, M. A. Green and D. L. King, '20% Efficient photovoltaic module', IEEE Electron. Dev. Lett., 14, 539-541, (1993).
5. R. A. Sinton, P. J. Verlinden, R. M. Swanson, R. A. Crane, K. Wickham and J. Perkins, 'Improvements to silicon backside-contact solar cells for high-value one-sun application', 13th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 1995, pp. 1586-1589.
6. A. G. Aberle, P. Altermatt, G. Heiser, S. Robinson, A. Wang, J. Zhao, U. Krumbein and M. A. Green, 'Loss mechanisms in high efficiency PERL solar cells', J. Appl. Phys., 77(7), 3491-3504, (1995).
7. J. Zhao, A. Wang, D. M. Roche, S. R. Wenham and M. A. Green, 'Pilot production of high efficiency PERL silicon solar cells for the World Solar Challenge solar car race', Technical Digest of 9th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Miyazaki, Japan, 11-15 November 1996, pp. 65-66.