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Analysis of edge losses on silicon heterojunction half solar cells
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In this paper, two approaches are proposed and compared for the characterization of edge losses in high-efficiency solar cells, and compared on heterojunction and passivated contacts solar cells.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2020-01-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photovoltaic system & Solar cell.read more
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Structural and optical properties of Ti and Cu co‐doped ZnO thin films for photovoltaic applications of dye sensitized solar cells
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Thermal Laser Separation of PERC and SHJ Solar Cells
Puzant Baliozian,Anna Munzer,Elmar Lohmüller,Aathira Nair,Tobias Fellmeth,Nico Wöhrle,Hannes Höffler,Alma Spribille,Ralf Preu +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, thermal laser separation (TLS) on Czochralski-grown silicon (Cz-Si) passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC) and n -type CzSi heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells is investigated.
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Enabling Transparent‐Conductive‐Oxide Free Efficient Heterojunction Solar Cells by Flexibly Using Dopant‐Free Contact
Jian He,Genshun Wang,Yibin Qiu,Zeguo Tang,Fan Ye,Chaohua Zhang,Shulin Wang,Lun Cai,Tianbao Yu,Pingqi Gao +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , carrier-selective passivating contacts for both polarities, e.g., alkali fluoride/aluminum electronselective contact and transition metal oxide/silver hole selective contact, are used to completely replace the doped a−Si:H layers in SHJ solar cell, forming a totally TCO and dopant-free asymmetric structure.
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Influence of local surface defects on the minority-carrier lifetime of passivating-contact solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of localized surface defects on the overall device performance was analyzed and it was shown that localized defects can have a detrimental effect on well-passivated areas located several centimeters away through electrical connection by the electrode.
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Illumination-Dependent Temperature Coefficients of the Electrical Parameters of Modern Silicon Solar Cell Architectures
S. Zhang,Johannes P. Seif,Malcolm Abbott,Anh Huy Tuan Le,Thomas Allen,Ivan Perez-Wurfl,Ziv Hameiri +6 more
TL;DR: In this article , the effect of illumination on the temperature coefficients of crystalline silicon solar cells was investigated using a custom-designed temperature-dependent Suns-VOC system, and it was found that silicon heterojunction cells seem to have the overall best TC performance at medium to high intensities.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical solution for the rapid extraction of single and double-diode model parameters from experimental data is described. And the resulting parameters' values' values are shown to have less than 10 percent error for most solar cells.
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Limits on the open-circuit voltage and efficiency of silicon solar cells imposed by intrinsic Auger processes
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Identification of unknown parameters of solar cell models: A comprehensive overview of available approaches
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