The influence of silicon wafer thickness on characteristics of multijunction solar cells with vertical p—n-junctions

Abstract

A multijunction silicon solar cell with vertical p–n junctions consisted of four serial n+–p–p+-structures was simulated using Silvaco TCAD software package. The dependence of solar cell characteristics on the silicon wafer thickness is investigated for a wide range of values.

Keywords

• multijunction solar cell
• vertical p-n-junction
• silicon wafer
• computer simulation
• Silvaco TCAD software package