Design and Optimization of a Self-Protected Thin Film c-Si Solar Cell against Reverse Bias.

Omar M Saif, Abdelhalim Zekry, Ahmed Shaker, Mohammed Abouelatta, Tarek I Alanazi, Ahmed Saeed

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Omar M SaifDepartment of Electronics and Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0698-287X

Abdelhalim ZekryDepartment of Electronics and Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8752-9534

Ahmed ShakerEngineering Physics and Mathematics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6602-7343

Mohammed AbouelattaDepartment of Electronics and Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8035-9915

Tarek I AlanaziDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Northern Border University, Arar 73222, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8843-0969

Ahmed SaeedElectrical Engineering Department, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1326-6791

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Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia IF_2020_NBU_xxx

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Abstract

Current mismatch due to solar cell failure or partial shading of solar panels may cause a reverse biasing of solar cells inside a photovoltaic (PV) module. The reverse-biased cells consume power instead of generating it, resulting in hot spots. To protect the solar cell against the reverse current, we introduce a novel design of a self-protected thin-film crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell using TCAD simulation. The proposed device achieves two distinct functions where it acts as a regular solar cell at forward bias while it performs as a backward diode upon reverse biasing. The ON-state voltage (

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antireflection coatingbackward diodec-Si solar cellreverse biasself-protection

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PMID36984391

DOI10.3390/ma16062511

PMCPMC10059038

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