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Optimization of Mono-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Devices Using PC1D Simulation
Gokul Sidarth Thirunavukkarasu, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Jaideep Chandran, Alex Stojcevski, Maruthamuthu Subramanian, Raj Marnadu, S. Alfaify, Mohd. Shkir
April 24, 2023
Expeditious urbanization and rapid industrialization have significantly influenced the rise of energy demand globally in the past two decades. Solar energy is considered a vital energy source that addresses this demand in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner. Improving solar cell efficiency is considered a prerequisite to reinforcing silicon solar cells’ growth in the energy market. In this study, the influence of various parameters like the thickness of the absorber or wafer, doping concentration, bulk resistivity, lifetime, and doping levels of the emitter and back surface field, along with the surface recombination velocity (front and back) on solar cell efficiency was investigated using PC1D simulation software. Inferences from the results indicated that the bulk resistivity of 1 Ω·cm; bulk lifetime of 2 ms; emitter (n+) doping concentration of 1×1020 cm−3 and shallow back surface field doping concentration of 1×1018 cm−3; surface recombination velocity maintained in the range of 102 and 103 cm/s obtained a solar cell efficiency of 19%. The Simulation study presented in this article allows faster, simpler, and easier impact analysis of the design considerations on the Si solar cell wafer fabrications with increased performance.
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crystalline silicon, doping concentration, PC1D, solar cells, surface recombination velocity
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Thirunavukkarasu GS, Seyedmahmoudian M, Chandran J, Stojcevski A, Subramanian M, Marnadu R, Alfaify S, Shkir M. Optimization of Mono-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Devices Using PC1D Simulation. (2023). LAPSE:2023.33922
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Thirunavukkarasu GS: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia
Seyedmahmoudian M: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia
Chandran J: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia [ORCID]
Stojcevski A: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia
Subramanian M: Department of Physics, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore 641062, Tamil Nadu, India [ORCID]
Marnadu R: Department of Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore 641020, Tamil Nadu, India
Alfaify S: Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronics Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
Shkir M: Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronics Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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16
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4986
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2021
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2021-08-13
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1996-1073
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