A distributed SPICE model for amorphous silicon solar cells

被引：2
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作者：
Vygranenko, Y. [1 ,2 ]
Fernandes, M. [1 ,2 ]
Vieira, M. [1 ,2 ]
Khosropour, A. [3 ]
Sazonov, A. [3 ]
机构：
[1] ISEL, Elect Telecommun & Comp Engn, P-1950062 Lisbon, Portugal
[2] CTS UNINOVA, P-2829516 Caparica, Portugal
[3] Univ Waterloo, Elect & Comp Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
来源：
ADVANCED MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR SOLAR CELLS II | 2014年 / 60卷
关键词：
Solar cell; SPICE; circuit modelling; amorphous silicon;
D O I：
10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.349
中图分类号：
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号：
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要：
This article reports on amorphous silicon solar cells on plastic foils in the substrate configuration having a front metal grid. A two-dimensional distributed circuit model of the photovoltaic cell has been developed for performance analysis and device design optimization. The circuit simulator SPICE is used to calculate current and potential distributions in a network of sub-cell circuits. This approach enables a realistic device model that predicts output current-voltage characteristics and maps Joule losses in the TCO electrode and the metal grid. As an example of usage, the optimization of contact grid geometry at various TCO sheet resistances has been performed. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码：96 / 101
页数：6
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