A method is presented which suggests the sharing out of total cell short circuit current among the constituent parallel branches of the equivalent circuit, allowing for the identification of their contributions to the total current–voltage (I–V) characteristics under illumination in solar...

A doubled sided buried contact silicon solar cell (BCSC) structure is currently being developed at the University of New South Wales. It is based on the conventional buried contact structure (Wenham, 1986) with the added advantages of potentially higher conversion efficiency and lower production...

Solar cells made from III-V single crystal semiconductors currently hold the world record for direct energy conversion efficiency from sunlight into electricity. This is true for both space and terrestrial applications, and for both one sun (flat plate collector) systems and concentration based...

The photovoltaic output of two types of CdTe - Cu2Te solar cells has been investigated. Type A devices are fabricated on a CdTe single crystal substrate etched by 2% bromine in methanol in the presence of an excimer laser with an intensity of 30 mW/cm2 as an illumination source during the...

In framework of an applied research project a test facility for evaluating the performance of photovoltaic (PV) solar generators has been implemented at the Faculty of Engineering in Port Said-Egypt. The goals of the project is to perform the different required tests on photovoltaic (PV) solar...

The stability of metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) solar cells against prolonged illumination was studied. The effects of photon-induced degradation on the current–voltage (I–V) and capacitance–voltage (C–V) characteristics of MIS solar cells were investigated. The results show...