Title :
Geometric Analysis of Solar Cells With Partial Rear Contacts: Comparison to 3-D Simulations
Author :
Cuevas, Andres ; Petermann, Jan H.
Author_Institution :
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
A geometric approach to analyze solar cells with local rear contacts has been proposed in a recent paper. This brief presents an extension to it based on numerical iteration that permits us to determine I-V characteristic curves and conversion efficiencies. A good agreement with 3-D Sentaurus Device simulations is observed.
Keywords :
iterative methods; solar cells; 3D Sentaurus Device simulations; I-V characteristic curves; conversion efficiencies; geometric analysis; local rear contacts; numerical iteration; partial rear contacts; solar cells; Numerical models; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Solid modeling; Spontaneous emission; Modeling; partial rear contact solar cells;
Journal_Title :
Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2221084
