Title
Fast and sensitive defect characterization and spectral response measurement of thin film silicon solar structures
Date Issued
01 December 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Poruba A.
Springer J.
Mullerova L.
Vanecek M.
Repmann T.
Kuendig J.
Wyrsch N.
Shah A.
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Abstract
Fourier Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy (FTPS) has been used for a fast and sensitive quality assessment of photovoltaic thin films, such as the microcrystalline silicon. Because the properties of this material strongly depend on the substrate used, we demonstrate here how to utilize the FTPS for measurement of films grown on conductive TCO covered glass substrate, as it is the case of solar cells. Further, we have studied homogeneity of the optoelectronic properties of layers over large areas (30×30 cm 2) and for one case correlated the results with the cell efficiency over the area. Moreover, we show a possibility to interpret the FTPS data on cells as the quantum efficiency (spectral response) measurement and to extend the measuring range from near IR over the whole visible region.
Start page
1631
End page
1634
Volume
B
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Óptica Recubrimiento, Películas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-6444236358
ISBN of the container
9784990181604
Conference
Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
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