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Impact of series and shunt resistances in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells
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In this paper, the effects of series resistance and shunt leakage on a-Si:H thin-film solar cells were investigated using advanced simulation tools and the obtained electrical values were compared with experimental results.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 2014-02-01. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Theory of solar cells & Solar cell.read more
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Analysis of cooling load on commercial building in UAE climate using building integrated photovoltaic façade system
Tareq Salameh,Mamdouh El Haj Assad,Muhammad Tawalbeh,Chaouki Ghenai,Adel Merabet,Hakan F. Oztop +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the details of energy consumption and its cost were studied and analyzed for a commercial office building in United Arab Emirates (UAE) as hot, dry and humid region where the cooling load is very high.
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Electrical transport mechanisms in amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon germanium heterojunction solar cell: impact of passivation layer in conversion efficiency
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of front surface field (FSF) on the photovoltaic parameters of Au/n+ (a-Si:H)/n(SiGe)/p(c-Si) heterojunction solar cell is studied.
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Risk priority number for understanding the severity of photovoltaic failure modes and their impacts on performance degradation
TL;DR: In this paper, the main objective of the present study is to identify the failure mechanism and failure mode of solar PV modules and their impact on degradation in operating conditions, and risk priority number (RPN) analysis is carried out to identify severity of the failure mode, which affect the system performance for c-Si technologies.
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Numerical investigation of a double-junction a:SiGe thin-film solar cell including the multi-trench region
TL;DR: In this paper, a new multi-trench region in the intrinsic layer of a double-junction solar cell was introduced to improve the electrical performance of the photovoltaic applications.
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An assessment of series resistance estimation techniques for different silicon based SPV modules
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive literature survey has been carried out, comprising of more than 33 different methods to estimate series resistance of solar photovoltaic module and is used for outdoor performance modeling, evaluation and degradation studies.
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Statistics of the Recombinations of Holes and Electrons
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TL;DR: In this article, the statistics of the recombination of holes and electrons in semiconductors were analyzed on the basis of a model in which the recombinations occurred through the mechanism of trapping.
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Hydrogenated amorphous silicon
TL;DR: In this article, the electronic density of states of amorphous silicon and their electronic states have been investigated in terms of defect reactions, thermal equilibrium and metastability, as well as their electronic properties.
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TCO and light trapping in silicon thin film solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) front contact and the role of the back reflector on the performance of thin-film silicon solar cells is investigated.
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Simple band model for amorphous semiconducting alloys
TL;DR: Amorphous covalent alloys particularly of group-IV, -V, and -VI elements are readily formed over broad ranges of composition and have been described as low-mobility electronic intrinsic semiconductors with a temperature-activated electrical conductivity σ = σ 0×exp(-ΔE/kT) which sometimes extends well into the molten state as discussed by the authors.