Simulation Results: Optimization of Contact Ratio for Interdigitated Back-Contact Solar Cells
| Autor: | Srinivas Devayajanam, Prakash Basnyat, Vinay Budhraja |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Work (thermodynamics)
Materials science Fabrication Article Subject Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry 020209 energy lcsh:TJ807-830 lcsh:Renewable energy sources Recombination rate 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Maximum efficiency Line (geometry) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Optoelectronics General Materials Science Point (geometry) Charge carrier business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol 2017 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1110-662X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2017/7818914 |
| Popis: | In the fabrication of interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells, it is very important to choose the right size of contact to achieve the maximum efficiency. Line contacts and point contacts are the two possibilities, which are being chosen for IBC structure. It is expected that the point contacts would give better results because of the reduced recombination rate. In this work, we are simulating the effect of contact size on the performance of IBC solar cells. Simulations were done in three dimension using Quokka, which numerically solves the charge carrier transport. Our simulation results show that around 10% of contact ratio is able to achieve optimum cell efficiency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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