Numerical simulations of buried emitter back-junction solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-263

  Harder, Nils P ^a   Mertens, Verena ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a,b  

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

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Photodiodes; Photovoltaic cell doping; Photovoltaic cell fabrication; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL CALCULATIONS; AREA FRACTION; DEVICE SIMULATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INSULATING LAYERS; METALLISATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; P-TYPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL FABRICATION; REAR SIDE; SIMULATION; SURFACE LAYERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; PASSIVATION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CELLS;

EID: 66149137231     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.887     Document Type: Article

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