A distributed emitter model for solar cells: Extracting an equivalent lumped series resistance

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2044-2049

  Haas, A W ^a   Wilcox, J R ^a   Gray, J L ^a   Schwartz, R J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; BIASING EFFECTS; CELL DESIGN; EMITTER SHEET RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; GRID ELECTRODES; INCIDENT LIGHT; LATERAL CURRENTS; POWER-LOSSES; QUASI-3D; SERIES RESISTANCES; SURFACE GRIDS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SHEET RESISTANCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78650130004     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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