New contact frame design for minimizing losses due to edge recombination and grid-induced shading (poster)

Dirk Koenig*, Gunter Ebest

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Edge recombination and grid shading are two loss mechanisms which decrease solar cell efficiency.
We introduce a new way for decreasing both significantly by a novel contact frame design which runs along the edge on the surface of a solar cell. No additional processing is necessary for preparing the contact frame. For a 100 cm2 commercial c-Si solar cell the efficiency increased from 16.18 % to 16.83 % at 1 Sun (AM 1.5) as estimated by careful device simulation.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference 2001 (PVSEC-12) - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 11 Jun 200115 Jun 2001
https://www.pvsec.org/_userdata/Technical_program/Technical_program_PVSEC-12.pdf
https://www.pvsec.org/history/previous-conferences.html#:~:text=Download-,2001,-PVSEC%2D12

Conference

Conference12th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference 2001 (PVSEC-12)
Abbreviated titlePVSEC-12
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
City Jeju
Period11/06/0115/06/01
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