A Simple Method to Extract the Diffusion Length from the Output Parameters of Solar Cells - Application to Polycrystalline Silicon

Abstract:

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 93)
• Pages: 399-404
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.93.399
• Online since: June 2003
• Authors: K. Taretto, U. Rau, Thomas A. Wagner, Jens Werner
• Keywords: Diffusion Length, Grain Boundary Recombination, Internal Quantum Efficiency, Polycrystalline Silicon, Solar Cell

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