NDLI: Efficiency evaluation of thin-film hetero-junction solar cells

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Golan, G. Axelevitch, A.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Fac. of Electr. Eng., Holon Inst. of Technol., Holon (Golan, G.; Axelevitch, A.)
Abstract	Solar cells, as alternative energy sources, are attracting a great deal of attention during the last decades. Solar cells have the potential to replace fossil fuels as a main means of power generation. Solar cells technology is progressing rapidly. Solar cells may be fabricated from various materials and in various configurations. One of the enabling approaches to increase the conversion efficiency of solar cells is the multi-junction or hetero-junction configuration. These multi-junction or hetero-junction are most complicated structures, thus requiring a detailed analysis of their behavior before manufacturing, due to the high fabrication costs. In this work we describe an evaluation approach for the calculation of photovoltaic devices efficiency, for various structures, composing a solar cell. This evaluation method is based on rouge estimation of the charged carriers generation rate, for each step of the multi-junction system. This method was approved for the evaluation of hetero-junction system based on the ZnO-ZnSe-Si-Ge structure, and is compatible for various solar cell structures.
Starting Page	211
Ending Page	216
File Size	380019
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424418817
DOI	10.1109/ICMEL.2008.4559261
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-11
Publisher Place	Serbia & Montenegro
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Transistors Photovoltaic cells Optical losses Solar radiation Thermodynamics Solar power generation Temperature Photovoltaic systems Fabrication Voltage
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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