Suns-PLI as a powerful tool for spatially resolved fill factor analysis of solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 581-586

  Michl, Bernhard ^a   Impera, Davide ^a   Bivour, Martin ^a   Warta, Wilhelm ^a   Schubert, Martin C ^a  

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

Author keywords

carrier lifetime; fill factor; injection dependence; photoluminescence imaging; silicon; solar cell; Suns PLI; Suns Voc

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

BALANCING CURRENTS; FILL FACTOR; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; NETWORK SIMULATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; QUASI-STEADY STATE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901247828     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2293     Document Type: Article

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