Impurity-to-efficiency simulator: Predictive simulation of silicon solar cell performance based on iron content and distribution

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-497

  Hofstetter, J ^a   Fenning, D P ^b   Bertoni, M I ^b   Lelievre J F ^c   Cañizo, C Del ^a   Buonassisi, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Centro Tecnológico de Silicio Solar CENTESIL   (Spain)

Author keywords

gettering; impurities; silicon solar cells; simulation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; IMPURITIES; IRON; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON WAFERS; SIMULATORS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; GETTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; OPTIMIZATION POTENTIAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79955670545     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1062     Document Type: Article

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