In this work three-dimensional (3-D) numerical simulations, validated by the experimental measurements of a reference cell, have been performed to optimize the rear contact geometry of a PERC-type solar cell, featuring a high sheet resistance (140 Ω/sq) phosphorus-doped emitter and a front-side metallization with narrow and highly-conductive electro-plated copper lines (40 μm wide) on lowly resistive Ti contacts. The simulation results show that an optimization of the rear point contact design potentially leads to an efficiency improvement of 0.68%abs compared to the reference cell.

R. De Rose, K. Van Wichelen, L. Tous, J. Das, F. Dross, C. Fiegna, et al. (2012). Optimization of Rear Point Contact Geometry by Means of 3-D Numerical Simulation. ENERGY PROCEDIA, 27, 197-202 [10.1016/j.egypro.2012.07.051].

Optimization of Rear Point Contact Geometry by Means of 3-D Numerical Simulation

DE ROSE, RAFFAELE;FIEGNA, CLAUDIO;SANGIORGI, ENRICO;ZANUCCOLI, MAURO
2012

Abstract

In this work three-dimensional (3-D) numerical simulations, validated by the experimental measurements of a reference cell, have been performed to optimize the rear contact geometry of a PERC-type solar cell, featuring a high sheet resistance (140 Ω/sq) phosphorus-doped emitter and a front-side metallization with narrow and highly-conductive electro-plated copper lines (40 μm wide) on lowly resistive Ti contacts. The simulation results show that an optimization of the rear point contact design potentially leads to an efficiency improvement of 0.68%abs compared to the reference cell.
2012
R. De Rose, K. Van Wichelen, L. Tous, J. Das, F. Dross, C. Fiegna, et al. (2012). Optimization of Rear Point Contact Geometry by Means of 3-D Numerical Simulation. ENERGY PROCEDIA, 27, 197-202 [10.1016/j.egypro.2012.07.051].
R. De Rose; K. Van Wichelen; L. Tous; J. Das; F. Dross; C. Fiegna; M. Lanuzza; E. Sangiorgi; A. Uruena De Castro; M. Zanuccoli
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