Perimeter Recombination Characterization by Luminescence Imaging

被引:14
作者
Fong, Kean Chern [1 ]
Padilla, Milan [2 ]
Fell, Andreas [1 ]
Franklin, Evan [1 ]
McIntosh, Keith R. [3 ]
Kho, Teng Choon [1 ]
Blakers, Andrew W. [1 ]
Nebel-Jacobsen, Yona [1 ]
Surve, Sachin R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Fraunhofer Inst Solar Energy Syst ISE, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
[3] PV Lighthouse, Coledale, NSW 2515, Australia
来源
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS | 2016年 / 6卷 / 01期
关键词
Characterization; perimeter recombination; photoluminescence; photovoltaic; silicon; simulation; SILICON SOLAR-CELLS; GAAS DIODES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SURFACE;
D O I
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2480225
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Perimeter recombination causes significant efficiency loss in solar cells. This paper presents a method to quantify perimeter recombination via luminescence imaging for silicon solar cells embedded within the wafer. The validity of the method is discussed and verified via 2-D semiconductor simulation. We demonstrate the method to be sufficiently sensitive in that it can quantify perimeter recombination even in a solar cell where no obvious deviation from ideality is observed in the current-voltage (J-V) curve.
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页码:244 / 251
页数:8
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