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Simulation of Electrical Characteristics of PERC Solar Cells

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In recent years, silicon solar cells have reached efficiencies above 24%, which is ensuring rapid progress in the photovoltaic (PV) market. We review herein recent passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) technology and the influence of the contact resistance and temperature dependence on the output properties by using Silvaco technology computer-aided design (TCAD) tools. This numerical simulation indicates efficiency of 24.82% for the n-type monocrystalline PERC cell, with open-circuit voltage of up to 761 mV. PV parameters, such as the open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Jsc), maximum power (Pmax), fill factor, and efficiency (η), are compared with those of other device architectures.

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This work was partially supported by Semiconductor Laboratory (GE01/08), Kuwait University.

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  1. Semiconductor Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, 13060, Kuwait, Kuwait

    Nour El Islam Boukortt

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze Della Terra, University of Messina, 98166, Messina, Italy

    Nour El Islam Boukortt

  3. Electromagnetism and Guided Optic Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, 27000, Mostaganem, Algeria

    Baghdad Hadri

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Boukortt, N.E.I., Hadri, B. Simulation of Electrical Characteristics of PERC Solar Cells. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 5825–5832 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6456-6

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