Sinusoidal small-signal (AC) and steady-state (DC) analysis of large-area solar cells

Ennio Luigi Comi, Evelyne Knapp, Stefano Weidmann, Christoph Kirsch, Sandra Jenatsch, Roman Hiestand, Beat Ruhstaller

Solar Energy Advances

Volume 1, 2021, 100003

doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2021.100003

In this paper the researchers present a FEM (Finite Element Method) software that supports the upscaling process from small to large area solar cells and tackles the efficiency loss factors of scaling solar cells such as shunts and increasing series resistance caused by the sheet resistance of the electrodes.

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