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

Dirk Koenig; Gunter Ebest

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

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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 language	English
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference 2001 (PVSEC-12) - Jeju, Korea, Republic of Duration: 11 Jun 2001 → 15 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

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Conference	12th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference 2001 (PVSEC-12)
Abbreviated title	PVSEC-12
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Jeju
Period	11/06/01 → 15/06/01
Internet address	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

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

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