Capitalizing on two dimensional minority carrier injection in silicon solar cell design

Christiana B. Honsberg; Scan Edmiston; Linda Koschier; Stuart R. Wenham; Alistair B. Sproul; Martin A. Green

doi:10.1016/0927-0248(95)00115-8

Capitalizing on two dimensional minority carrier injection in silicon solar cell design

Christiana B. Honsberg, Scan Edmiston, Linda Koschier, Stuart R. Wenham, Alistair B. Sproul, Martin A. Green

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Abstract

Injection effects can be effectively utilised in multijunction solar cells to provide new device design rules and higher efficiency cells. A solar cell with multiple pn-junctions can take advantage of injection effects to de-couple the thickness of each individual layer from the lateral series resistance. This allows improved collection efficiency in the presence of high surface recombination, reduced series resistance, reduced metal shadowing losses and increased tolerance to discontinuities in the top layers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	183-193
Number of pages	11
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	41-42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0927-0248(95)00115-8
State	Published - Jun 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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