Correlations of capacitance-voltage hysteresis with thin-film CdTe solar cell performance during accelerated lifetime testing

IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 318-322

  Albin, David S ^a   Del Cueto, Joseph A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride (CdTe); Capacitance voltage hysteresis; Deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS); Photovoltaic; Transient capacitance; Transient ion drift (TID)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFETIME TESTING; CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE HYSTERESIS; CDTE CELLS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY (DLTS); MEASUREMENT BIAS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SUN ILLUMINATION; TRANSIENT CAPACITANCE;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CAPACITANCE; DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; HYSTERESIS; SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77957910207     PISSN: 15417026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2010.5488811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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