@article{Brendel2016b,

title = {Contact selectivity and efficiency in crystalline silicon photovoltaics},

author = {R Brendel and R Peibst},

doi = {10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2598267},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-11-01},

journal = {IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics},

volume = {6},

number = {6},

pages = {1413-1420},

abstract = {Highly doped junctions of a Si solar cell function as membranes that block minority carriers and, at the same time, provide a high conductivity for transporting majority carriers to the contacts. They are thus said to be selective contacts. We propose a quantitative definition for the selectivity of contacts. The selectivity provides a figure of merit for electron and hole contacts that is helpful in designing solar cells and in identifying the efficiency limiting components. Applying the definition of selectivity to poly-Si junctions reveals that the root cause of their high selectivity is the highly asymmetric carrier concentration rather than a specific contact geometry.},

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pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}