Twodimensional solar cell simulations by means of circuit modelling

Author

Van Kerschaver, E. ; Nijs, J. ; Mertens, R. ; Ghannam, M.

Author_Institution

IMEC, Heverlee, Belgium

fYear

1997

fDate

29 Sep-3 Oct 1997

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

178

Abstract

In this work, the authors present a circuit model to perform multidimensional solar cell simulations. This model allows for incorporating effects of lateral current flows in solar cells, keeping the required time and computer resources relatively low. The use and sensitivity of the model are described based on its application towards the design of metallisation patterns for locally passivated back surface structures. As a second application, they present the usage of the model to study the influence of different cell parameters such as surface recombination velocities and cell thickness on its performance

Keywords

SPICE; circuit analysis computing; semiconductor device metallisation; semiconductor device models; software packages; solar cells; surface recombination; 2-D solar cell simulation; HSPICE simulation software; cell thickness; circuit modelling; computer simulation; lateral current flows; locally passivated back surface structures; metallisation patterns; model sensitivity; solar cell performance parameters; surface recombination velocities; Application software; Circuit simulation; Conductivity; Diodes; Equivalent circuits; Fingers; Metallization; Passivation; Photovoltaic cells; Surface resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3767-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1997.654057

Filename

654057