Fabrication, characterization and modeling of a silicon solar cell optimized for concentrated photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 407-416

  Paternoster, G ^a   Zanuccoli, M ^b   Bellutti, P ^a   Ferrario, L ^a   Ficorella, F ^a   Fiegna, C ^b   Magnone, P ^c   Mattedi, F ^a   Sangiorgi, E ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell modeling; Concentrator cells; Current super linearity; Grid optimization; Numerical simulations; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODELS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CELL MODEL; CONCENTRATION PHOTOVOLTAIC; CONCENTRATOR CELLS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GRID OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84921732236     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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