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

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

Conference Paper (2018)

Author(s)

Noemi Guerra (University of Calabria, Technological University of Panama)

Raffaele De Rose (University of Calabria)

Marco Guevara (Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Chimborazo, University of Calabria)

Paul Procel (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria)

Marco Lanuzza (University of Calabria)

Felice Crupi (University of Calabria)

Research Group

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

Modeling TCAD simulation BC-BJ solar cells PhotovoItaics Point contact

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https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2018.8548423 Final published version

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Publication Year

2018

Language

English

Research Group

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

Article number

8548423

ISBN (print)

978-1-5386-6283-0

ISBN (electronic)

978-1-5386-6282-3

Event

4th IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 (2018-09-10 - 2018-09-13), Palermo, Italy

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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.