Optimisation of interdigitated back contacts solar cells by two-dimensional numerical simulation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-526

  Nichiporuk, O ^a,b   Kaminski, A ^a   Lemiti, M ^a   Fave, A ^a   Skryshevsky, V ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Interdigitated back contacts; Simulation; Thin film

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONTACTS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; THIN FILMS;

CELL DESIGN; DEVICE GEOMETRY; DIFFUSION LENGTH; INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 13844311405     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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