Capability of photoluminescence for characterization of multi-crystalline silicon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McHedlidze, T ^a,d   Seifert, W ^b   Kittler, M ^a,b   Blumenau, A T ^c   Birkmann, B ^c   Mono, T ^c   Muller M ^c  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IHP   (Germany)

^c SCHOTT Solar Wafer GmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON;

CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 84861730640     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3699275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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