Investigation of electrical shading effects in back-contacted back-junction silicon solar cells using the two-dimensional charge collection probability and the reciprocity theorem

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Reichel, C ^a   Granek, F ^a   Hermle, M ^a   Glunz, S W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; CARRIER COLLECTION; CHARGE COLLECTION; DOPING CONCENTRATION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM VALUES; MULTI-PHYSICS; P-N JUNCTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL; REAR SIDE; REAR SURFACES; RECIPROCITY THEOREM; SHADING EFFECT; SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

EID: 79551669696     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3524506     Document Type: Article

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