Contact Selectivity and Efficiency in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1413-1420

  Brendel, Rolf ^a,b   Peibst, Robby ^b  

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

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Junctions; passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC); principle of solar cells; selective contacts

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; FIGURE OF MERITS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; MAJORITY CARRIERS; PASSIVATED EMITTER AND REAR CELL (PERC); QUANTITATIVE DEFINITION; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; SPECIFIC CONTACT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84994777354     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2598267     Document Type: Article

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