Electrons and holes in solar cells with partial rear contacts

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 764-774

  Cuevas, Andres ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

modelling; partial rear contacts; silicon; solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK RECOMBINATION; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; GEOMETRIC MODELING; MAJORITY CARRIERS; PERIPHERAL REGIONS; REAR CONTACTS; TRANSVERSAL DIMENSIONS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84903279200     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2433     Document Type: Article

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