Non-Uniformities in Thin-Film Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells Using Electroluminescence and Photoluminescence

Katherine Zaunbrecher; Steve Johnston; Fei Yan; James Sites

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186537

Non-Uniformities in Thin-Film Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells Using Electroluminescence and Photoluminescence

Katherine Zaunbrecher
, Steve Johnston
, Fei Yan
, James Sites

Materials Science

Colorado State University
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

It is the purpose of this research to develop specific imaging techniques that have the potential to be fast, inline tools for quality control in thin-film CdTe solar cells. Electroluminescence (EL) and photoluminescence (PL) are two techniques that are currently under investigation on CdTe small area devices made at Colorado State University. It is our hope to significantly advance the understanding of EL and PL measurements as applied to CdTe. Qualitative analysis of defects and non-uniformities is underway on CdTe using EL, PL, and other imaging techniques.

Original language	American English
Pages	2841-2844
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186537 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186537
State	Published - 2011
Event	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2011 → 24 Jun 2011

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Conference	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	19/06/11 → 24/06/11

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Zaunbrecher, K, Johnston, S, Yan, F & Sites, J 2011, 'Non-Uniformities in Thin-Film Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells Using Electroluminescence and Photoluminescence', Paper presented at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011, Seattle, WA, United States, 19/06/11 - 24/06/11 pp. 2841-2844. https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186537, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186537

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