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The physical processes that determine the role of a solar cell as an energy converter include absorption of light leading to generation of electron-hole pairs, separation of charges in depletion region, surface and bulk recombination and transport of charge carriers by diffusion and drift. Over the years efforts have been made to understand these processes (e.g. Fahrenbruch and Bube 1983; Green 1982) and ameliorate the efficiency of solar cells.
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Kaushika, N.D., Mishra, A., Rai, A.K. (2018). Mathematical Model of Transport Processes. In: Solar Photovoltaics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72404-1_5
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