High-efficiency silicon solar cells

Multilayer silicon solar cells are very promising structures for high efficiency photovoltaic conversion. The author discusses the basic principles of solar cell operation and how to maximise the output power and current. However, one problem is the series resistance resulting from the thinness of t...

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Published inIEEE potentials Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 16 - 18
Main Author Bouazzi, A.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.04.2000
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Computation
Computer simulation
Diodes
Multilayers
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic conversion
Radiofrequency interference
Silicon
Solar cells
Solar power generation
Tides
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Summary:Multilayer silicon solar cells are very promising structures for high efficiency photovoltaic conversion. The author discusses the basic principles of solar cell operation and how to maximise the output power and current. However, one problem is the series resistance resulting from the thinness of the layers and the lateral contacts. Sophisticated computations can be undertaken to simulate and optimize these different layers' thickness.
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ISSN:0278-6648
1558-1772
DOI:10.1109/45.839640