Structural origin of a cluster of bright spots in reverse bias electroluminescence image of solar cells based on Si multicrystals

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 0750011-0750013

  Usami, Noritaka ^a   Kutsukake, Kentaro ^a   Fujiwara, Kozo ^a   Yonenaga, Ichiro ^a   Nakajima, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BRIGHT SPOTS; DARK LINES; ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE DEFECTS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; FILLING FACTORS; FORWARD BIASES; MULTICRYSTALS; REVERSE BIASES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STRUCTURAL ORIGINS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 57649104451     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.1.075001     Document Type: Article

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