Solar cells—A technology assessment

Bolton, James R.

doi:10.1016/0038-092x(83)90052-x

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“…In recent days, the aluminum pastes are improved in such a way that even for thin laser contact opening (LCO), very low surface recombination is achievable. In future, decrease in the fraction of metallized area at the rear might is expected, hence R s plays a vital role in the contact resistance of the Al▬Si interface which is given by R c,rear = ρ c / f rear (1) where f rear is the rear metallization fraction and ρ c is the specific contact resistivity. However, ρ c is independent of the contact size [65].…”

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“…The photovoltaic industry plays a critical part in the global energy scenario [1] to compete with the other renewable and conventional energy sources. Crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer-based technologies [2,3] dominate the photovoltaic market for terrestrial application due to its high efficiency, stability, and benefits arising out of microelectronic industry.…”

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Review on Metallization in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Balaji¹,

Raval²,

Saravanan³

2020

Solar Cells

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Solar cell market is led by silicon photovoltaics and holds around 92% of the total market. Silicon solar cell fabrication process involves several critical steps which affects cell efficiency to large extent. This includes surface texturization, diffusion, antireflective coatings, and contact metallization. Among the critical processes, metallization is more significant. By optimizing contact metallization, electrical and optical losses of the solar cells can be reduced or controlled. Conventional and advanced silicon solar cell processes are discussed briefly. Subsequently, different metallization technologies used for front contacts in conventional silicon solar cells such as screen printing and nickel/copper plating are reviewed in detail. Rear metallization is important to improve efficiency in passivated emitter rear contact cells and interdigitated back contact cells. Current models on local Al contact formation in passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cells are reviewed, and the influence of process parameters on the formation of local Al contacts is discussed. Also, the contact mechanism and the influence of metal contacts in interdigitated back contact (IBC) cells are reviewed briefly. The research highlights on metallization of conventional screen printed solar cells are compared with PERC and IBC cells.

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Section: Impact Of Contact Resistivitymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Review on Metallization in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Balaji¹,

Raval²,

Saravanan³

2020

Solar Cells

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“…Cette équation est résolue par la méthode de Regula-Falsi [3], les bornes de l'intervalle sont 0 et Vc calculé par l'équation (5). Le point correspondant à la puissance maximale…”

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Modélisation d'un Système de Production d'Hydrogène Solaire par Electrolyse

Ayati,

M’Raoui,

Belhamel

et al. 2004

J. Ren. Energies

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Le but de ce travail est d’établir une méthodologie de modélisation d’un système de production d’hydrogène par électrolyse. L’électricité est fournie par un panneau photovoltaïque. Nous posons l’équation décrivant le comportement électrique d’un panneau, et nous proposons une méthode pour la détermination des différentes grandeurs qui nous permettrons de simuler le comportement du panneau à différentes conditions opératoires. Nous décrivons aussi le comportement électrique d’un électrolyseur PEM, et nous établissons les équations nécessaires pour prévoir la production d’hydrogène du système Module-Electrolyseur en utilisant des données mesurés d’irradiation solaire, et température ambiante.

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“…Among various semiconductors, II-VI semiconducting materials, especially the cadmium chalcogenides such as CdTe, CdSe and CdS, have received a great attention, primarily because these materials can be applied for commercial solar cells and similar photo-electrochemical devices [6][7][8][9]. Recently, CdS is particularly popular because CdS has a direct band gap of ca.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%