Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence

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Title: Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence

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Further improvement of the open-circuit voltage (V oc ) of thin-film photovoltaic devices requires that the rate of non-radiative recombination be monitored and reduced. In this study, we investigate a method that attempts to account for the excitation and temperature dependence of V oc and photoluminescence (PL), to extract detailed information about the spatial distribution of recombination and the effects of back contact offset.

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Swartz, Craig H. ^[1]; Paul, Sanjoy ^[1]; Grice, Corey R. ^[2]; Yan, Yanfa ^[2];

^[3]; Grover, Sachit ^[4]; Xiong, Gang ^[4]; Li, Jian V. ^[1]

Texas State University
University of Toledo
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
First Solar, Inc.

Publication Date:: 2018-11-05

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S), SunShot Initiative

OSTI Identifier:: 1523603

Report Number(s):: NREL/CP-5K00-73999

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Presented at the 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 25-30 June 2017, Washington, D.C.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; ZnO nanoislands; solar cells; down shifting; light scattering

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                    Swartz, Craig H., Paul, Sanjoy, Grice, Corey R., Yan, Yanfa, Mansfield, Lorelle M, Grover, Sachit, Xiong, Gang, and Li, Jian V. Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
        Web.  doi:10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366798.

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                    Swartz, Craig H., Paul, Sanjoy, Grice, Corey R., Yan, Yanfa, Mansfield, Lorelle M, Grover, Sachit, Xiong, Gang, & Li, Jian V. Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366798

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                    Swartz, Craig H., Paul, Sanjoy, Grice, Corey R., Yan, Yanfa, Mansfield, Lorelle M, Grover, Sachit, Xiong, Gang, and Li, Jian V. Mon .  
        "Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366798.

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  title        = {Characterizing Recombination in CdTe-Based Solar Cells by the Temperature and Excitation Dependence of Open-Circuit Voltage and Photoluminescence},

  author       = {Swartz, Craig H. and Paul, Sanjoy and Grice, Corey R. and Yan, Yanfa and Mansfield, Lorelle M and Grover, Sachit and Xiong, Gang and Li, Jian V.},

  abstractNote = {Further improvement of the open-circuit voltage (V oc ) of thin-film photovoltaic devices requires that the rate of non-radiative recombination be monitored and reduced. In this study, we investigate a method that attempts to account for the excitation and temperature dependence of V oc and photoluminescence (PL), to extract detailed information about the spatial distribution of recombination and the effects of back contact offset.},

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