Optimizing CdTe solar cell performance: Impact of variations in minority-carrier lifetime and carrier density profile

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Kanevce, Ana ^a   Gessert, Timothy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier lifetime; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor device modeling; thin films

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; CARRIER COLLECTION; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; COMBINED EFFECT; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DOPED DEVICES; DOPED LAYERS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; FILL-FACTOR; LOW CARRIER DENSITY; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 84865167232     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2164952     Document Type: Article

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