Solar cell performance is determined by generation (of electron-hole pairs by the incident illumination) and recombination of electron-hole pairs. Efficiency is increased by increasing generation and decreasing recombination. This tutorial focussing on recombination losses in crystalline silicon solar cells under short-circuit and open-circuit conditions, but the general concepts apply more broadly than just to crystalline silicon.


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    Title :

    Solar Cells Lecture 2: Physics of Crystalline Solar Cells


    Subtitle :

    Lecture


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    Publication date :

    2011-01-01


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    118MB, 01:10:00:00



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    Audio-visual


    Type of material :

    Audio-visual


    Language :

    English





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