Description of the local series resistance of real solar cells by separate horizontal and vertical components

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-34

  Fruhauf F ^a   Sayad, Y ^b   Breitenstein, O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUK AHRAS   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Device simulation; Electroluminescence imaging; Local series resistance; Lock in thermography; Photoluminescence imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT; LOCKS (FASTENERS); RESISTORS; SEPARATION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

DEVICE SIMULATIONS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; LOCKIN THERMOGRAPHY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; SERIES RESISTANCES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84964584658     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.010     Document Type: Article

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