The role of drift, diffusion, and recombination in time-resolved photoluminescence of CdTe solar cells determined through numerical simulation

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1138-1146

  Kanevce, A ^a   Levi, D H ^a   Kuciauskas, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; Numerical simulations; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; HOLE MOBILITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CDTE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

HALL MOBILITY;

EID: 84908208610     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2369     Document Type: Article

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