Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations

Noemi Guerra; Raffaele De Rose; Marco Guevara; Paul Procel; Marco Lanuzza; Felice Crupi

doi:10.1109/RTSI.2018.8548423

Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations

Noemi Guerra, Raffaele De Rose, Marco Guevara, Paul Procel, Marco Lanuzza, Felice Crupi

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

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Abstract

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the impact of the emitter contact geometry on the performance of back contact-back junction (BC-BJ) c-Si solar cells by means of a TCAD-based electro-optical model. BC-BJ c-Si solar cells featuring a conventional linear-contact (LC) scheme and an advanced point-contact (PC) pattern are considered. In addition, the introduction of a selective emitter (SE) design in the PC structure and the effect of including multiple contacts in the emitter region of the considered BC-BJ solar cells are also investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE 4th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 - Proceedings
Editors	Guido Ala, Tiziana Tambosso
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-6282-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-6283-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2018.8548423
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	4th IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 - Palermo, Italy Duration: 10 Sept 2018 → 13 Sept 2018

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Conference	4th IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Palermo
Period	10/09/18 → 13/09/18

Keywords

BC-BJ solar cells
modeling
PhotovoItaics
point contact
TCAD simulation

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Guerra, N., De Rose, R., Guevara, M., Procel, P., Lanuzza, M., & Crupi, F. (2018). Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations. In G. Ala, & T. Tambosso (Eds.), IEEE 4th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 - Proceedings Article 8548423 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2018.8548423

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Guerra, N, De Rose, R, Guevara, M, Procel, P, Lanuzza, M & Crupi, F 2018, Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations. in G Ala & T Tambosso (eds), IEEE 4th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 - Proceedings., 8548423, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 4th IEEE International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018, Palermo, Italy, 10/09/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2018.8548423

Impact of the Emitter Contact Pattern in c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cells by Numerical Simulations. / Guerra, Noemi; De Rose, Raffaele; Guevara, Marco et al.
IEEE 4th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018 - Proceedings. ed. / Guido Ala; Tiziana Tambosso. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, 2018. 8548423.

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