Class AAA LED-based solar simulator for steady-state measurements and light soaking

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1282-1287

  Stuckelberger, Michael ^a   Perruche, Brice ^a   Bonnet Eymard, Maximilien ^a,b   Riesen, Yannick ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a,b   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

a Si:H; Accelerated light soaking; LED; light induced degradation; solar cell; solar simulator; Staebler Wronski effect; thin film silicon

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SIMULATORS; SOLAR CELLS;

A-SI:H; LIGHT SOAKING; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; SOLAR SIMULATOR; STAEBLER-WRONSKI EFFECT; THIN FILM SILICON;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84906779427     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2335738     Document Type: Article

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