NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Advances pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Advances

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The characteristics and behavior of p(+), p solar cells were investigated. The p(+), p cells were made by the removal of the n(+) surface layers from n(+), p p(+), BSF cells followed by application of a suitable contact to the resultant p(+), p structures. The open circuit voltage of p(+), p cells was found to increase with increasing ‘p’ bulk resistivity. The measured open circuit velocity-temperature coefficients were positive and increased with increasing resistivity. An outline of prior limitations in solar cell design is presented, and the removal of these limitations through use of BSF effects is pointed out. The study of BSF effects made feasible production of very thin high efficiency silicon cells as well as high resistivity-high efficiency cells, two desirable types of silicon cells which were previously impossible to make

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 5/8/1975
• Year: 1975
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, SOLAR CELLS, FERMI SURFACES, P-N JUNCTIONS, PERFORMANCE TESTS, SHORT CIRCUITS, TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS, Mandelkorn, J., Lamneck, J. H

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