A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

By Sourabh Dongaonkar1; Souvik Mahapatra2; Karthik Yogendra3; Muhammad Alam1

1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India 3. Purdue University

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Abstract

In this talk we develop a coherent physics based understanding of the shunt leakage problem in a-Si:H cells, and discuss its implications on cell and module level.

Bio

Sourabh Dongaonkar is with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Karthik Y and Souvik Mahapatra are with Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

Sponsored by

SRC ERI, Network for Photovoltaic Technology

References

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Publications

Dongaonkar S., Karthik Y, Mahapatra S., Alam M. A., "A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells.", 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, 2011

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  • Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam (2011), "A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells," https://nanohub.org/resources/11841.

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37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle WA

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