Realistic evaluation of power losses in solar cells by using thermographic methods

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5200-5209

  Isenberg, Joerg ^a   Warta, Wilhelm ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LASER BEAMS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; METALLIZING; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

LASER BEAM INDUCED CURRENTS (LBIC); PULSED CURRENTS; QUANTIFICATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 2442438930     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1690103     Document Type: Article

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