DocumentCode
1932348
Title
PERC structure to improve multicrystalline solar cell performance
Author
Ponce-Alcántara, S. ; del Canizo, C. ; Luque, A.
Author_Institution
Inst. de Energia Solar, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
fYear
2005
fDate
2-4 Feb. 2005
Firstpage
283
Lastpage
286
Abstract
To overcome the limits encountered in P/Al solar cells on multicrystalline material, a cell structure with local rear contacts, called PERC cell (passivated emitter and rear contacts) is proposed. A solar cell process has been designed to implement the structure, with good results achieved in the first batches. An efficiency of 17% has been achieved on low resistivity multicrystalline silicon.
Keywords
aluminium alloys; amorphous semiconductors; passivation; phosphorus alloys; silicon; solar cells; 17 percent; P-Al; PERC structure; multicrystalline material; multicrystalline silicon; multicrystalline solar cell; passivated emitter and rear contacts; Aluminum; Conductivity; Gettering; Impurities; Metallization; Passivation; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Surface contamination; Surface resistance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices, 2005 Spanish Conference on
Conference_Location
Tarragona
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8810-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SCED.2005.1504381
Filename
1504381
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