Modeling of spatially inhomogeneous solar cells by a multi-diode approach

被引：55

作者：

Grabitz, PO ^{[1
]}

Rau, U ^{[1
]}

Werner, JH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Phys Elekt, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

来源：

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE | 2005年 / 202卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1002/pssa.200521205

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

An equivalent circuit model consisting of parallel connected diodes with different electronic quality simulates the electronic properties of solar cells with spatially inhomogeneous material quality. Variations of the local saturation current density result in a degradation of the open circuit voltage, the fill factor and, in consequence, of the overall power conversion efficiency. However, a local series resistance introduced into this network limits this degradation by preventing areas with high saturation current density to dominate the electronic losses of the entire device. Analyzing the integral current/voltage-curves of the networks shows the diode ideality larger than unity to result from resistive limitations to the spatially inhomogeneous current flow. (c) 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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页码：2920 / 2927

页数：8

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