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Investigation of the Characteristics of Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Thin Single-Crystal Silicon Wafers

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The operating characteristics of heterojunction solar cells based on single-crystal silicon wafers with a reduced thickness are investigated experimentally. It is found that a decrease in the wafer thickness by 40% as compared to the standard values leads to degradation of the photoelectric-conversion efficiency to 5%. The obtained results could be used for estimating the commercial feasibility of the production of solar cells with a reduced wafer thickness.

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  1. Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    E. I. Terukov, I. E. Panaiotti & A. S. Titov

  2. TFTC Ioffe Research and Development Center, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia

    E. I. Terukov, A. S. Abramov, D. A. Andronikov, K. V. Emtsev, A. S. Titov & G. G. Shelopin

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Original Russian Text © E.I. Terukov, A.S. Abramov, D.A. Andronikov, K.V. Emtsev, I.E. Panaiotti, A.S. Titov, G.G. Shelopin, 2018, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2018, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 792–795.

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Terukov, E.I., Abramov, A.S., Andronikov, D.A. et al. Investigation of the Characteristics of Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Thin Single-Crystal Silicon Wafers. Semiconductors 52, 931–933 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782618070230

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