High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

Martin A. Green; Erik M. Keller; Jiqun S. Shi; Andrew W. Blakers; Stuart R. Wenham

doi:10.1109/T-ED.1984.21589

High-Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

Martin A. Green, Erik M. Keller, Jiqun S. Shi, Andrew W. Blakers, Stuart R. Wenham

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Abstract

Silicon solar cells are described which operate at energy conversion efficiencies independently measured at 18.7 percent under standard terrestrial test conditions (AM1.5, 100 mW/cm2,28°C). These are apparently the most efficient silicon cells fabricated to date. The high-efficiency results from a combination of high open-circuit voltage due to the careful attention paid to the passivation of the top surface of the cell; high fill factor due to the high open-circuit voltage and low parasitic resistance losses; and high short-circuit current density due to the use of shallow diffusions, a low grid coverage, and an optimized double layer antireflection coating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	679-683
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/T-ED.1984.21589
Publication status	Published - May 1984
Externally published	Yes

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