Novel front contact design for improved GaAs solar cell performance
Abstract
A novel contact that is electrically efficient and assembly-hard is described. Utilizing this design, average curve fill factors and open-circuit voltages of 0.81 and 987 mV, respectively, have been obtained. Welding of Ag-plated Kovar tabs with pull strength greater than 150 g is achieved with less than 1.5 precent degradation in power.
- Publication:
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19th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987pvsp.conf...67C
- Keywords:
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- Electric Contacts;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- P-N Junctions;
- Solar Cells;
- Aluminum Gallium Arsenides;
- Etching;
- Metallizing;
- Ohmic Dissipation;
- Open Circuit Voltage;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering