1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2019
  4. SESDE
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2019.sesde.001

Modeling and analysis of the impact of texturing angles on doping profiles in ion implanted N-type solar cells

  • a Abderrazzak El Boukili  
  • aAl Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
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El Boukili A. (2019). Modeling and analysis of the impact of texturing angles on doping profiles in ion implanted N-type solar cells. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development & Environment (SESDE 2019), pp. 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2019.sesde.001

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to develop an accurate model to study the impact of texturing angles on doping profiles in ion implanted solar cells. This study will help designers and manufacturers choose an optimal angle in texturing the surfaces of innovative solar cells. Using an optimal texturing angle will improve the performance of solar cells. Randomly chosen texturing angles may decrease the absorption of the sun light or introduce excessive defects as clustering or channeling. These defects will represent recombination centers for active electrons and holes. This will contribute seriously to the loss of the active carriers and then to the loss of solar cell efficiency. This loss is known as a recombination loss. This loss alone may reduce the efficiency of a solar cell by 20%. Numerical results showing the effects of texturing angles on doping profiles will be presented, analyzed, and validated.

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