Numerical current density loss analysis of industrially relevant crystalline silicon solar cell concepts

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 533-539

  Rudiger, Marc ^a   Steinkemper, Heiko ^a   Hermle, Martin ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Loss analysis; photovoltaic cells; silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CURRENT LOSS; DENSITY LOSS; LOSS ANALYSIS; LOSS MECHANISMS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL LOSS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84897632824     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2293196     Document Type: Article

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