New contact frame design for minimizing losses due to edge recombination and grid-induced shading

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 381-386

  König, Dirk ^a   Ebest, G ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact grid; Edge recombination; Shading losses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PASSIVATION;

EDGE RECOMBINATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6444244291     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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