Photoluminescence Analysis of Thin-Film Solar Cells

Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 151-175

  Unold, Thomas ^a   Gütay, Levent ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Excitons; Fermi's golden rule; Monochromator system; Optical system; Photoluminescence (PL); Quasi fermi level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882638378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527636280.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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