Journal
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 313-318Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2483366
Keywords
Cadmium telluride; photovoltaic (PV) device; recombination; time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL)
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC36-08-GO28308]
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- NREL-First Solar Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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We used photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to study recombination in polycrystalline CdS/CdTe photovoltaic solar cells with open-circuit voltages in the range of 0.899-0.895 V. From PL emission spectra, we identified defects with an activation energy of 0.11-0.12 eV in the junction and back-contact regions. At < 100 K, lifetimes in devices were similar to those in single crystals and ranged from 300-400 ns. Strong lifetime temperature dependence at 100-300 K suggests the presence of a relatively shallow recombination center. Therefore, it is possible that in CdTe solar cells, lifetime is limited by relatively shallow defects.
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