Characterization of silicon heterojunctions on multicrystalline absorbers using injection-dependent photoluminescence imaging

Energy Procedia

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-286

  Impera, D ^a   Bivour, M ^a   Michl, B ^a   Schubert, M C ^a   Hermle, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carrier lifetime; Fill factor; Heterojunction; Multicrystalline silicon; Photoluminescence imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890914342     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.07.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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