Design Optimization of Bifacial Solar Cell by PC1D Simulation

Abstract

In this study, design and optimization of bifacial solar cell was done with PC-1D simulation program. The influence of various parameters such as emitter doping, bulk doping, minority carrier lifetime, wafer thickness, front and rear surface recombination and illumination from front and rear surfaces were investigated using PC1D software simulation. The efficiencies obtained from this design were 16.42 % and 14.18 % for front and back surfaces, respectively. The results from these simulation studies prove that it is possible to propose these design parameters for bifacial solar cell fabrication. Our results also provide critical insight regarding fabrication of bifacial solar cells on good or poor quality Si wafers. From this study, it was found that minority carrier lifetime and wafer thickness are critical parameters to bifacial solar cell performance.

Keywords: Silicon, Bifacial Solar Cell, PC1D simulation

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