Anaylsis and simulation of highly efficient silicon solar cells suitable for industrial processing schemes

The present work concerns the analysis of high-efficient silicon solar cells using experiments and multi dimensional numerical modeling. One main topic is the characterization of loss mechanisms in high-efficient solar cells, that are made using simplified industrial processing schemes. The potential of thin rear contacted solar cells is evaluated using multi dimensional device simulation. The numerical methods are used further to analyse the impact of local ohmic resistance. In addition, a method for the measurement of local parallel resistance is presented