Impact of localized regions with very high series resistances on cell performance

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-462

  Sugianto, Adeline ^a   Breitenstein, Otwin ^b   Tjahjono, Budi S ^a   Lennon, Alison ^a   Mai, Ly ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

fill factor; laser doping; plating; series resistance; silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; HIGH SERIES RESISTANCES; LASER DOPING; MAXIMUM VALUES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; SERIES RESISTANCES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLATING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 84861338002     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1163     Document Type: Article

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