Accurate opto-electrical modeling of multi-crystalline silicon wafer-based solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-29

  Ingenito, Andrea ^a   Isabella, Olindo ^a   Solntsev, Serge ^a   Zeman, Miro ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multi crystalline silicon; Opto electical modeling; Wafer based solar cells

Indexed keywords

BACK SURFACE FIELDS; CALIBRATION PROCESS; ELECTRICAL MODELING; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATIONS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892921730     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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