Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells

A spatially resolved absolute electroluminescence (EL) imaging method was utilized to analyze the photovoltaic properties and resistive loss properties of a GaAs thin-film solar cell. The <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation was extrapolated from the absolute EL efficiency measuremen...

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Main Authors: XiaoBo Hu, Tengfei Chen, Juanjuan Xue, Guoen Weng, Shaoqiang Chen, Hidefumi Akiyama, Ziqiang Zhu
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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author XiaoBo Hu
Tengfei Chen
Juanjuan Xue
Guoen Weng
Shaoqiang Chen
Hidefumi Akiyama
Ziqiang Zhu
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description A spatially resolved absolute electroluminescence (EL) imaging method was utilized to analyze the photovoltaic properties and resistive loss properties of a GaAs thin-film solar cell. The <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation was extrapolated from the absolute EL efficiency measurements in conjunction with the external-quantum-efficiency (EQE) measurements; the EL extrapolated <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation has a merit over the conventional <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation measured with a solar simulator that it could eliminate the series resistance effect caused by external probe contact. Then, the mapping of the internal voltage of the solar cell and the sheet resistance of the window layer of the solar cell were obtained from the calibrated absolute EL imaging method. Finally, optic electroconversion losses of the solar cell including radiative loss, nonradiative loss, thermalization loss, transmission loss, and junction loss were quantified given by the EL and EQE measurements.
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spelling doaj-art-343d2505be4b475a97fe38987f03ab912025-08-20T03:16:04ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-01951910.1109/JPHOT.2017.27318007993017Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar CellsXiaoBo Hu0Tengfei Chen1Juanjuan Xue2Guoen Weng3Shaoqiang Chen4Hidefumi Akiyama5Ziqiang Zhu6Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, JapanEast China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaA spatially resolved absolute electroluminescence (EL) imaging method was utilized to analyze the photovoltaic properties and resistive loss properties of a GaAs thin-film solar cell. The <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation was extrapolated from the absolute EL efficiency measurements in conjunction with the external-quantum-efficiency (EQE) measurements; the EL extrapolated <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation has a merit over the conventional <italic>I&#x2013;V</italic> relation measured with a solar simulator that it could eliminate the series resistance effect caused by external probe contact. Then, the mapping of the internal voltage of the solar cell and the sheet resistance of the window layer of the solar cell were obtained from the calibrated absolute EL imaging method. Finally, optic electroconversion losses of the solar cell including radiative loss, nonradiative loss, thermalization loss, transmission loss, and junction loss were quantified given by the EL and EQE measurements.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7993017/Luminiescence and fluorescenceimaging systems.
spellingShingle XiaoBo Hu
Tengfei Chen
Juanjuan Xue
Guoen Weng
Shaoqiang Chen
Hidefumi Akiyama
Ziqiang Zhu
Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
IEEE Photonics Journal
Luminiescence and fluorescence
imaging systems.
title Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
title_full Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
title_fullStr Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
title_full_unstemmed Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
title_short Absolute Electroluminescence Imaging Diagnosis of GaAs Thin-Film Solar Cells
title_sort absolute electroluminescence imaging diagnosis of gaas thin film solar cells
topic Luminiescence and fluorescence
imaging systems.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7993017/
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