Minority carrier lifetime of silicon solar cells from quasi-steady-state photoluminescence

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1979-1982

  Giesecke, J A ^a   Michl, B ^a   Schindler, F ^a   Schubert, M C ^a   Warta, W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lifetime; Photoluminescence; Silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LIFETIME; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; METALLIZATIONS; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SILICON SAMPLES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

METALLIZING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 79955474873     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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