18-Percent Efficient Terrestrial Silicon Solar Cells

A. W. Blakers; M. A. Green; S. Jiqun; E. M. Keller; S. R. Wenham; R. B. Godfrey; T. Szpitalak; M. R. Willison

doi:10.1109/EDL.1984.25813

18-Percent Efficient Terrestrial Silicon Solar Cells

A. W. Blakers, M. A. Green, S. Jiqun, E. M. Keller, S. R. Wenham, R. B. Godfrey, T. Szpitalak, M. R. Willison

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Silicon solar cells are described which operate at energy conversion efficiencies in excess of 18 percent under standard terrestrial test conditions (AM1.5, 100 mW/cm², 28°C). These are believed to be the most efficient silicon cells reported to date. The high efficiency is a result of the combination of high open-circuit voltage due to the careful attention paid to passivation of the top surface of the cell; high fill factors due to the high open-circuit voltage and low parasitic resistance losses; and high short-circuit current due to the use of shallow diffusions, a low grid coverage, and an optimized double-layer antireflection coating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-13
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDL.1984.25813
Publication status	Published - Jan 1984
Externally published	Yes

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