Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells

Hiba Riaz; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750061

Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells

Hiba Riaz
, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

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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%.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2358-2361
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509027248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750061
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2016-November
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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concentration
finger
photovoltaic
silicon

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Riaz, H., & Nayfeh, A. (2016). Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 (pp. 2358-2361). Article 7750061 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750061

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Riaz, H & Nayfeh, A 2016, Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells. in 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016., 7750061, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2016-November, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2358-2361, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States, 5/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750061

Optimal finger design for low concentration thin-film c-Si solar cells. / Riaz, Hiba; Nayfeh, Ammar.
2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 2358-2361 7750061 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November).

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