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Title: Identification of lifetime limiting defects by temperature- and injection-dependent photoluminescence imaging

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961465· OSTI ID:1322422
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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Heidenhofstraβe 2, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
  4. FUTURE-PV Innovation, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0215, Japan
  5. Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1322422
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 120 Journal Issue: 10; ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 20 works
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Minority-carrier lifetime and defect content of n-type silicon grown by the noncontact crucible method journal December 2014
Imaging interstitial iron concentrations in boron-doped crystalline silicon using photoluminescence journal April 2008
Parameterisation of injection-dependent lifetime measurements in semiconductors in terms of Shockley-Read-Hall statistics: An application to oxide precipitates in silicon journal June 2012
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Growth of Si Bulk Crystals with Large Diameter Ratio Using Small Crucibles by Creating a Large Low-Temperature Region Inside a Si Melt Contained in an NOC Furnace Developed Using Two Zone Heaters journal March 2016
Minority carrier lifetime in silicon photovoltaics: The effect of oxygen precipitation journal January 2014
Improved quantitative description of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon journal October 2012
Lifetime spectroscopy for defect characterization: Systematic analysis of the possibilities and restrictions journal February 2002
Shape and quality of Si single bulk crystals grown inside Si melts using the noncontact crucible method journal December 2014

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