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Toward a systematic design theory for silicon solar cells using optimization techniquesThis work is a first detailed attempt to systematize the design of silicon solar cells. Design principles follow from three theorems. Although the results hold only under low injection conditions in base and emitter regions, they hold for arbitrary doping profiles and include the effects of drift fields, high/low junctions and heavy doping concentrations of donor or acceptor atoms. Several optimal designs are derived from the theorems, one of which involves a three-dimensional morphology in the emitter region. The theorems are derived from a nonlinear differential equation of the Riccati form, the dependent variable of which is a normalized recombination particle current.
Document ID
19870032166
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Misiakos, K.
(Florida Univ. Gainesville, FL, United States)
Lindholm, F. A.
(Florida, University Gainesville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Solar Cells
Volume: 17
ISSN: 0379-6787
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
87A19440
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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