20% efficient silicon solar cell modules

Author

Zhao, J. ; Wang, A. ; Taouk, M. ; Yun, F. ; Ebong, A. ; Stephens, A.W. ; Wenham, S.R. ; Green, M.A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Photovoltaic Devices & Syst., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

1246

Lastpage

1249

Abstract

This paper reports recent results of measurements upon two high performance silicon solar cell modules. One module is based on cells which are hybrids between the buried contact solar cell and PERL (passivated emitter rear locally diffused) cells of cell efficiency in the 20-21% range. This module has an independently confirmed efficiency of 19.7-20.0%. The second module is based on large-area PERL cells of efficiency in the 21-22% range. The independently confirmed module efficiency is 20.5%, making this the first flat-plate photovoltaic module to exceed the 20% performance figure

Keywords

electrical contacts; elemental semiconductors; semiconductor device testing; silicon; solar cells; 19.7 to 20 percent; 20 percent; 20 to 21 percent; 20.5 percent; 21 to 22 percent; Si; buried contact solar cell; flat-plate photovoltaic module; large-area; measurements; passivated emitter rear locally diffused solar cell; performance; semiconductor; solar cell module; Australia; Encapsulation; Fabrication; Glass; Laboratories; Passivation; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.346943

Filename

346943