Analysis of Silicon Solar Cell Device Parameters using PC1D

Abstract

Analysis of the effects of various physical and electrical parameters in the overall efficiency of a solar cell is critical in designing a high efficiency solar cell. In this work, a computer simulation using PC1D was used to analyze the effects of the most substantial parameters in a silicon solar cell. Absorber layer, emitter layer, antireflection coating layer and back surface field layer were studied especially in terms of doping levels, thicknesses and the optimal values to for these parameters were simulated and obtained. The final simulated solar cells were validated using a measured data of an industrial scale fabricated solar cell with the same parameters and the measured result was in a good conformity with the simulation data. According the performed studies and achieved results, understanding and estimating the effects of these substantial parameters and obtaining their optimal values using a simulation software is both beneficial and the most practical way for designing a high efficiency solar cell structure.

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