Anomalously high lifetimes measured by quasi-steady-state photoconductance in advanced solar cell structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Juhl, Mattias ^a   Chan, Catherine ^a   Abbott, Malcolm D ^a   Trupke, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACT CELLS; LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOCONDUCTANCE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; QUASI-STEADY-STATE PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84890445793     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4840337     Document Type: Article

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