Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells

Non-fundamental losses in mc-Si solar cells have been studied. These efficiency losses significantly depend on diode quality and parasitic ohmic resistances that result in the fill factor losses. The fill factor losses in mc-Si solar cells were analyzed by testing of the industrial solar cell lot un...

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Main Author: A.V. Prykhodko
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Language:English
Published: Sumy State University 2015-10-01
Series:Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
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Online Access:http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2015/3/articles/jnep_2015_V7_03007.pdf
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description Non-fundamental losses in mc-Si solar cells have been studied. These efficiency losses significantly depend on diode quality and parasitic ohmic resistances that result in the fill factor losses. The fill factor losses in mc-Si solar cells were analyzed by testing of the industrial solar cell lot under AM1.5 conditions. The observed fill factor reduction due to both dark saturation current and diode ideality factor increasing is explained by their exponential relationship which has been found experimentally. Additionally, solar cell maximum power losses through the parasitic ohmic resistances have been estimated and discussed. The obtained results may be used to a solar cell efficiency enhancement and hence reduction in a solar electricity cost.
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spelling doaj-art-1b6a34cbb99040c280010ec6c1793a352025-08-20T03:17:54ZengSumy State UniversityЖурнал нано- та електронної фізики2077-67722015-10-017303007-103007-4Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar CellsA.V. Prykhodko0Zaporizhzhya National University, 66, Zhukovsky Str., 69600 Zaporizhzhya, UkraineNon-fundamental losses in mc-Si solar cells have been studied. These efficiency losses significantly depend on diode quality and parasitic ohmic resistances that result in the fill factor losses. The fill factor losses in mc-Si solar cells were analyzed by testing of the industrial solar cell lot under AM1.5 conditions. The observed fill factor reduction due to both dark saturation current and diode ideality factor increasing is explained by their exponential relationship which has been found experimentally. Additionally, solar cell maximum power losses through the parasitic ohmic resistances have been estimated and discussed. The obtained results may be used to a solar cell efficiency enhancement and hence reduction in a solar electricity cost.http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2015/3/articles/jnep_2015_V7_03007.pdfSolar cellmc-SiFill factor lossesParasitic ohmic resistanceDark saturation currentDiode ideality facto
spellingShingle A.V. Prykhodko
Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
Solar cell
mc-Si
Fill factor losses
Parasitic ohmic resistance
Dark saturation current
Diode ideality facto
title Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
title_full Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
title_fullStr Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
title_full_unstemmed Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
title_short Fill Factor Losses in mc-Si Solar Cells
title_sort fill factor losses in mc si solar cells
topic Solar cell
mc-Si
Fill factor losses
Parasitic ohmic resistance
Dark saturation current
Diode ideality facto
url http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2015/3/articles/jnep_2015_V7_03007.pdf
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