How to use photoluminescence to improve your solar cells
a University of Luxembourg, Avenue de la Faiencerie, 162, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Light Absorbing Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics (ABSOGEN)
Online, Spain, 2020 November 17th - 18th
Organizers: Hongxia Wang, Xiaojing Hao and Lydia Wong
Keynote, Susanne Siebentritt, presentation 008
Publication date: 6th November 2020
Publication date: 6th November 2020
Thin film solar cells are complex structures. The efficiency can only be measured with the full device, where all loss mechanism are combined. We can use photoluminescence to learn about individual loss mechanism, to separate between recombination in the absorber bulk or the interfaces and contacts. We can identify tail states and deep defects that are responsible for radiative and non-radiative losses in the solar cell. And we can predict the diode factor from photoluminesce studies, which has a significant influence on the fill factor of the solar cell. I will summarise the different approaches and show examples from chalcogenide solar cells.
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