2D modeling of Silicon Heterojunction Interdigitated Back Contact solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1390-1394

  Herasimenka, Stanislau ^a   Ghosh, Kunal ^a   Bowden, Stuart ^a   Honsberg, Christiana ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D MODELING; FILL FACTOR; INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACT CELLS; INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACTS; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILICON STRIP; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

BUFFER LAYERS;

EID: 78650154839     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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