Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

Noemi Guerra Technological University of Panama, University of Calabria
Rebecca Rose University of Calabria
Marco Guevara Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Chimborazo, University of Calabria
P.A. Procel Moya University of Calabria, Photovoltaic Materials and Devices - EEMCS
Marco Lanuzza University of Calabria
Felice Crupi University of Calabria
Research Group
Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Sustainable Energy

Research Group

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the impact of the emitter contact geometry on the performance of back contact-back junction (BC-BJ) c-Si solar cells by means of a TCAD-based electro-optical model. BC-BJ c-Si solar cells featuring a conventional linear-contact (LC) scheme and an advanced point-contact (PC) pattern are considered. In addition, the introduction of a selective emitter (SE) design in the PC structure and the effect of including multiple contacts in the emitter region of the considered BC-BJ solar cells are also investigated.

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