Spatial Uniformity of Minority-Carrier Lifetime in Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Cells

R. K. Ahrenkiel; B. M. Keyes; D. L. Levi; K. Emery; T. L. Chu; S. S. Chu

doi:10.1063/1.111402

Spatial Uniformity of Minority-Carrier Lifetime in Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Cells

R. K. Ahrenkiel, B. M. Keyes, D. L. Levi, K. Emery, T. L. Chu, S. S. Chu

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Time-resolved photoluminescence was used to map recombination lifetimes in polycrystalline CdS/CdTe solar cells. Typical lifetime profiles indicated spatial variation by factors of 2-3 across 1 cm dimensions. Correlated device efficiency measurements indicated that spatial regions of lifetime minima dominated the open-circuit voltage.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2879-2881
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	64
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.111402 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.111402
State	Published - 1994

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