Efficiency limiting bulk recombination in multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 441-447

  Michl, B ^a   Rudiger M ^a   Giesecke, J A ^a   Hermle, M ^a   Warta, W ^a   Schubert, M C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carrier lifetime; Injection dependence; Photoluminescence imaging; Silicon; Simulation; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BULK LIFETIME; BULK RECOMBINATION; CELL PROCESS; CELL SIMULATION; CHARGE CURRENT; DISLOCATION CLUSTERS; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; FILL FACTOR; GENERATION RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMAGE POINTS; INJECTION CONDITIONS; LARGE-GRAIN; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; MULTICRYSTALLINE; MULTICRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NETWORK SIMULATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; SIMULATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

CARRIER LIFETIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYSILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SPICE;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84855328701     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.047     Document Type: Article

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