@inproceedings{Kruse2018b,

title = {Synergistic Efficiency Gain Analyses for the Photovoltaic Community: An Easy to Use SEGA Simulation Tool for Silicon Solar Cells},

author = {C N Kruse and K Bothe and B Lim and T Dullweber and R Brendel},

editor = {WIP},

doi = {10.4229/35thEUPVSEC20182018-2AO.4.3},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-09-24},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition},

pages = {249-253},

address = {Brussels, Belgium},

abstract = {A synergistic efficiency gain analysis (SEGA) determines the efficiency gain to be expected when idealizing a certain cell property. Moreover, it provides valuable information about synergistic effects due to the coupling of loss mechanisms, e.g. various recombination losses. Here we introduce an easy to use simulation tool to the PV community for performing a SEGA for PERC, PERC+, PERT, and IBC silicon solar cells. The simulation tool comes with a graphical user interface. This SEGA-GUI creates the required set of input files after entering all experimental parameters, e. g. the sheet resistance and recombination current of an emitter. The SEGA-GUI then performs the simulations by running Quokka 2 and analyzes the results. Programming knowledge is not required. The SEGA-GUI is designed to help the user in finding options for efficiency improvements. In this work we analyze our 22.1%-efficient PERC+ solar cell. The SEGA-GUI can be downloaded for free from the ISFH website.},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}