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A. GOYAL1, P. R. SON1,*
Silicon solar cells are much of interest as the best possible way to use most abundant energy on the earth. The silicon heterojunction solar cell consists n -type nanocrystalline emitter and p-type crystalline base. Wafer thickness is the major contributor in cost to power conversion ratio. Solar conversion efficiencies are compared at different thickness. The study of the solar cell is done by using one-dimensional solar cell simulation software PC1D. The efficiency is observed under ONESUN, AM1.5G solar radiation, and constant intensity of 0.1 W/cm2 . The simulation results show 20 µ thickness solar cells is the best in cost to power conversion ratio with the short circuit current of 3 A with open circuit voltage of 0.7818V which is quite high in the range of 20 µ thickness. The fill factor(FF) is 0.8578 with overall solar cell efficiency (Ƞ) of 20.14%..
Solar cell, Simulation, PC1D, Efficiency, Heterojunction.
A. GOYAL, P. R. SON, Effect of wafer thickness on characteristics of heterojunction silicon solar cell, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 10, 11-12, November–December 2016, pp.855-857 (2016).
Submitted at: Sept. 1, 2016
Accepted at: Nov. 25, 2016
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications
(2023): 0.5 - 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2024)
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