On current spreading in solar cells: a two-parameter tube model
Autor: | N. A. Kalyuzhnyy, S. A. Mintairov, N. Kh. Timoshina, V. V. Evstropov, M. Z. Shvarts, M. A. Mintairov |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
Resistive touchscreen Theory of solar cells Materials science business.industry Energy conversion efficiency 02 engineering and technology Mechanics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Solar cell efficiency Optics law Electrical network 0103 physical sciences Solar cell Current (fluid) 0210 nano-technology business Voltage |
Zdroj: | Semiconductors. 50:970-975 |
ISSN: | 1090-6479 1063-7826 |
Popis: | The phenomenon of current spreading is essential for concentrator solar cells since it limits the conversion efficiency at high sunlight-concentration ratios. A model, which describes the regularities of the above phenomenon, is proposed and developed. The model uses a stylized representation of current lines and, respectively, of current tubes; it includes two resistive parameters accounting for the variable lateral (horizontal) component and the constant vertical component of the resistance of each tube. In the model the fact that the thickness of the spreading region is much less than the distance between the contact grid strips is taken into account. The calculated current—voltage (I–V) characteristics of a solar cell in the resistive and a nonresistive cases are obtained. The spreading-resistance I–V characteristic obtained by the voltage subtraction of these characteristics is nonlinear and depends on the photogenerated current. Thus, the equivalent electrical circuit of a solar cell includes a lumped nonlinear resistance, which depends parametrically on the photogenerated current. The comparison of experimental and calculated I–V characteristics by the example of Ge, GaAs, and GaInP solar cells is performed and both resistive parameters of the model are determined. The model describes correctly the regularities of spreading in single-junction solar cells and can be extended to multijunction solar cells. |
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