High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses

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  • Henning Schulte-Huxel
  • Robert Witteck
  • Hendrik Holst
  • Malte R. Vogt
  • Susanne Blankemeyer
  • David Hinken
  • Till Brendemuhl
  • Thorsten Dullweber
  • Karsten Bothe
  • Marc Kontges
  • Rolf Brendel

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  • Institut für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer7600415
Seiten (von - bis)25-31
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Jahrgang7
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2017

Abstract

We process a photovoltaic (PV) module with 120 half passivated emitter and rear cells that exhibits an independently confirmed power of 303.2 W and a module efficiency of 20.2% (aperture area). The cells are optimized for operation within the module. We enhance light harvesting from the inactive spacing between the cells and the cell interconnect ribbons. Additionally, we reduce the inactive area to below 3% of the aperture module area. The impact of these measures is analyzed by ray-tracing simulations of the module. Using a numerical model, we analyze and predict the module performance based on the individual cell measurements and the optical simulations. We determine the power loss due to series interconnection of the solar cells to be 1.5%. This is compensated by a gain in current of 1.8% caused by the change of the optical environment of the cells in the module. We achieve a good agreement between simulations and experiments, both showing no cell-to-module power loss.

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High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses. / Schulte-Huxel, Henning; Witteck, Robert; Holst, Hendrik et al.
in: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Jahrgang 7, Nr. 1, 7600415, 01.2017, S. 25-31.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Schulte-Huxel, H, Witteck, R, Holst, H, Vogt, MR, Blankemeyer, S, Hinken, D, Brendemuhl, T, Dullweber, T, Bothe, K, Kontges, M & Brendel, R 2017, 'High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Jg. 7, Nr. 1, 7600415, S. 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2614121
Schulte-Huxel, H., Witteck, R., Holst, H., Vogt, M. R., Blankemeyer, S., Hinken, D., Brendemuhl, T., Dullweber, T., Bothe, K., Kontges, M., & Brendel, R. (2017). High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7(1), 25-31. Artikel 7600415. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2614121
Schulte-Huxel H, Witteck R, Holst H, Vogt MR, Blankemeyer S, Hinken D et al. High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2017 Jan;7(1):25-31. 7600415. doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2614121
Schulte-Huxel, Henning ; Witteck, Robert ; Holst, Hendrik et al. / High-Efficiency modules with passivated emitter and rear solar Cells-An analysis of electrical and optical losses. in: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2017 ; Jahrgang 7, Nr. 1. S. 25-31.
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