Breakdown of the efficiency gap to 29% based on experimental input data and modeling

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1475-1486

  Brendel, Rolf ^a,b   Dullweber, Thorsten ^a   Peibst, Robby ^a   Kranz, Christopher ^a   Merkle, Agnes ^a   Walter, Daniel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conductive boundary model; IBC; interdigitated back contacted cell; loss analysis; passivated emitter and rear cell; PERC; silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; ION IMPLANTATION; PASSIVATION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

BOUNDARY MODELS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; IBC; LOSS ANALYSIS; PERC; REFLECTION SPECTRA; SATURATION CURRENT DENSITIES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84944409845     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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