@inproceedings{eed8e674386347eab7dd035a2579acd7,
title = "Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells",
abstract = "Here we investigate the optimal finger design for low concentration thin film c-Si solar cells using 2D TCAD simulation. The Si cell studied has a 2μm absorber layer and 1μm emitter layer with 185μm finger spacing. We confirmed the TCAD model by matching 1 sun simulation to experimental data. The solar concentration studied is from 1 to 60 suns and the finger spacing is from 185μm to 1000μm. We observe that there is an optimal number of suns and finger spacing where the efficiency is maximized. Results show efficiency is maximized at 15 suns and 700μm linger spacing and with this design the efficiency increases from 14.68 % to 17.37%.",
keywords = "concentration, finger, photovoltaic, silicon",
author = "Hiba Riaz and Ammar Nayfeh",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 ; Conference date: 05-06-2016 Through 10-06-2016",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750061",
language = "British English",
series = "Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "2358--2361",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016",
address = "United States",
}
