Choosing the Best Silicon Material Parameters for Different Solar Cell Architectures

Energy Procedia

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 225-231

  Steinkemper, Heiko ^a   Michl, Bernhard ^a   Hermle, Martin ^a   Glunz, Stefan W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

device simulation; numerical modeling; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; IRON; NUMERICAL MODELS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CELL ARCHITECTURES; DEVICE SIMULATIONS; INTERSTITIAL IRON; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; SHOCKLEY READ HALLS; SILICON MATERIALS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85014477655     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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