DocumentCode
63749
Title
Toward the Practical Limits of Silicon Solar Cells
Author
Smith, David D. ; Cousins, Peter ; Westerberg, Simon ; De Jesus-Tabajonda, Russelle ; Aniero, Gerly ; Yu-Chen Shen
Author_Institution
SunPower Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
Volume
4
Issue
6
fYear
2014
fDate
Nov. 2014
Firstpage
1465
Lastpage
1469
Abstract
This paper reports recent efficiency results achieved by SunPower (SPWR) using industrially relevant manufacturing processes and then reexamines the following age-old question: “What efficiency can a single-junction Silicon solar cell suited to large-scale manufacturing achieve?” Through examination of a gap analysis of the SPWR cell and use of other relevant proof-points, insights are provided into the remaining challenges to achieving the practical limits.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; Si; SunPower; gap analysis; industrially relevant manufacturing processes; large-scale manufacturing; practical limits; silicon solar cells; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Emitter recombination; minority carrier lifetime; photovoltaic cells; silicon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
2156-3381
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2350695
Filename
6895145
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