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Analysis of short circuit current loss in rear emitter crystalline Si solar cell

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Aluminum-oxide-based inversion layer solar cells on n-type crystalline silicon: Fundamental properties and efficiency potential

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A Free and Fast Three-Dimensional/Two-Dimensional Solar Cell Simulator Featuring Conductive Boundary and Quasi-Neutrality Approximations

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(2010) Rolf Brendel   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

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Analyzing the effects of front-surface fields on back-junction silicon solar cells using the charge-collection probability and the reciprocity theorem

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