Advanced PERC and PERL production cells with 20.3% record efficiency for standard commercial p-type silicon wafers

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-268

  Wang, Zhenjiao ^a   Han, Peiyu ^a   Lu, Hongyan ^a   Qian, Hongqiang ^a   Chen, Liping ^a   Meng, Qinglei ^a   Tang, Ning ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Jiang, Yongfei ^a   Wu, Jiaqi ^a   Wu, Wenjuan ^a   Zhu, Haidong ^a   Ji, Jingjia ^a   Shi, Zhengrong ^a   Sugianto, Adeline ^a,b   Mai, Ly ^b   Hallam, Brett ^b   Wenham, Stuart ^a,b  

^a Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

localised rear contact; selective emitters; silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY; COMMERCIAL GRADE; CONTACT PATTERN; DESIGN FEATURES; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; OPTIMISATIONS; P-TYPE SILICON WAFERS; P-TYPE WAFER; PRODUCTION CELLS; REAR SURFACES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SELECTIVE EMITTERS;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84859984969     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2178     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Scottsdale, 1975; 315-316.
2. th ed.), 2010; 1-6.
3. th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference. Philadephia, 2009.
4. th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference. Honolulu, 2010.
5. th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. Hamburg, 2009; 1068-1071.
6. th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. Hamburg, 2011; 901-905.
7. th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. Valencia, 2010; 1396-1400.
8. th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference. Philadelphia, 2010.
9. Zhao XJ, Wang A, Altermatt PP, Wenham SR, Green MA,. 24% efficient PERL silicon solar cell: recent improvement in high efficiency silicon cell research. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 1996; 41/42: 87-99. (Pubitemid 126357062)
10. Green MA, Zhao J, Wang A, Wenham SR,. Progress and outlook for high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2001; 65: 9-16.
11. Shi Z, Wenham S, Ji J, Partlin S, Sugianto A,. Suntech whitepaper: mass production of the innovative Pluto solar cell technology. retrieved on 16 October 2011 from
12. Wenham S,. Buried-contact silicon solar cells. Progress in photovoltaics: research and applications 1993; 1: 3-10.
13. Hameiri Z,. Laser-doped selective emitter and local back surface field solar cells with rear passivation. PhD Thesis. The Univesity of New South Wales: Sydney, 2010.
14. th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference. Seattle, 2011.
15. Green MA,. Solar cells: Operating Principles, Technology and System Application. The University of New South Wales: Sydney, 2010.
16. ITRPV Working Group. International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics (ITRPV.net): Results 2010. ITRPV: Germany, 2011; 15.