IBC solar cells are investigated using exact 2D numerical simulation. At very high illumination the efficiency of P-type substrate cells is strongly reduced by a loss of base conductivity modulation which is not observed in N-substrate devices.
Inspec keywords: semiconductor device models; carrier density; solar cells; substrates; short-circuit currents
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Subjects: Solar cells and arrays; Photoelectric conversion; solar cells and arrays; Semiconductor device modelling, equivalent circuits, design and testing
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