Luminescence emission from forward- and reverse-biased multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bothe, K ^a   Ramspeck, K ^a,c   Hinken, D ^a   Schinke, C ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Herlufsen, S ^a   Brendel, R ^a   Bauer, J ^b   Wagner, J M ^b   Zakharov, N ^b   Breitenstein, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c SCHOTT Solar GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORWARD BIAS; GAIN INFORMATION; INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; LOCKIN THERMOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; PREBREAKDOWN; REVERSE BIAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC SITES; SUBBAND-GAP; VISIBLE LIGHT;

BIOINFORMATICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; OXYGEN; POLYSILICON; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 71849118823     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3256199     Document Type: Article

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