High efficiency, low cost buried contact silicon solar cells
- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales (Australia). Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems; and others
The buried contact (BC) technology has demonstrated both an efficiency and cost advantage over conventional screen printed solar cells. New BC structures, in particular the double sided (DS) BC cell, allow further improvements in cost and efficiency. Improvements in efficiency arise through improved rear surface passivation. Experimental results from DSBC cells using various passivation methods demonstrate that a floating junction (FJ) passivates as well as passivation schemes used with high efficiency cells. 2D analysis and experimental results both show localized defects have prevented FJ passivation from achieving its potential and that optimization of the rear doping or by bifacial operation can improve performance.
- OSTI ID:
- 191052
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941203-; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X; TRN: IM9610%%53
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 5-9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 IEEE first world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion: Conference record of the twenty-fourth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference -- 1994. Volume 2; PB: 1268 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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