Development of silicon solar cells for six-junction tandem stack cells

Ngwe Soe Zin; Andrew Blakers; Vernie Everett

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411754

Development of silicon solar cells for six-junction tandem stack cells

Ngwe Soe Zin, Andrew Blakers, Vernie Everett

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This paper presents the development of small (2.5×8.0mm²) silicon solar cells, to be used in a six-junction tandem device. PC1D, numerical modeling and quasi steady state photoconductance (QSSPC) measurement were used to predict the targeted efficiency of silicon solar cells. Early batch of cells had problems of shunting, series resistance and high carrier recombination. Various techniques - junction isolation, pin-hole analysis, diffusion drive-in, light-induced plating, lifetime degradation studies and implied-Voc - were used to improve the performance of the solar cells.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Pages	44-47
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411754
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009 - Philadelphia, PA, United States Duration: 7 Jun 2009 → 12 Jun 2009

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia, PA
Period	7/06/09 → 12/06/09

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Zin, NS, Blakers, A & Everett, V 2009, Development of silicon solar cells for six-junction tandem stack cells. in 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009., 5411754, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 44-47, 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 7/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411754

Development of silicon solar cells for six-junction tandem stack cells. / Zin, Ngwe Soe; Blakers, Andrew; Everett, Vernie.
2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009. 2009. p. 44-47 5411754 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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