Silicon solar cells with total area efficiency above 25 %

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn 2016-November, Issue , 2016, Pages 3351-3355

  Smith, David D ^a   Reich, Gerly ^a   Baldrias, Maristel ^a   Reich, Matthieu ^a   Boitnott, Nicholas ^a   Bunea, Gabriela ^a  

^a SunPower Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

emitter recombination; Minority carrier lifetime; photovoltaic cells; silicon

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EMITTER RECOMBINATION; LEVEL EFFICIENCIES; LOSS ANALYSIS; LOSS MECHANISMS; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; TOTAL-AREA EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85003698459     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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