Progress on the POWER silicon solar cell concept

Author

Willeke, Gerhard ; Fath, Peter ; Bucher, Ernst

Author_Institution

Fakultat fur Phys., Konstanz Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1283

Abstract

Details of the design of the POWER silicon solar cell as well as process sequences are given for both a high efficiency and low cost approach. The status of the technological developments is outlined. Computer-based model calculations demonstrate the far superior performance of this design with respect to conventional structures, particularly as a starting material with small diffusion lengths. Results of a ray tracing analysis of the POWER structure with respect to optimum groove angles are also presented

Keywords

electronic engineering computing; elemental semiconductors; engineering graphics; power engineering computing; ray tracing; semiconductor device models; silicon; solar cells; POWER silicon solar cell; Si; computer simulation; cost; design; diffusion lengths; efficiency; optimum groove angles; performance; process sequences; ray tracing analysis; technological developments; Blades; Costs; Etching; Grain boundaries; Metallization; Photovoltaic cells; Physics; Ray tracing; Reflection; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.519964

Filename

519964