Development and understanding of high-efficiency screen-printed concentrator silicon solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-235

  Chen, Chia Wei ^a   Ebong, Abasifreke ^b   Renshaw, John ^a   Tate, Keith ^a   Zimbardi, Francesco ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a,c   Finot, Marc ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c Suniva Inc   (United States)

^d Skyline Solar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrator; screen printed; Si solar cell

Indexed keywords

CELL TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER MODELING; CONCENTRATOR; CONCENTRATOR CELLS; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; LINE RESISTANCE; METAL COVERAGES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PEAK EFFICIENCY; POWER DENSITIES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SERIES RESISTANCES; SI SOLAR CELLS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865179727     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2172776     Document Type: Article

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