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Quantum Efficiency of Textured a-Si:H P-I-N Solar Cells After High Intensity Light-Soaking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

X. R. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
S. Wagner
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
M. Bennett
Affiliation:
Solarex Thin Film Division, Newtown, PA 18940
S. J. Fonash
Affiliation:
Center for Electronic Materials and Processing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

We studied the effect of high-intensity light-soaking on the quantum efficiency spectrum of textured a-Si:H solar cells. We report experimental results on the time, temperature, and soaking light intensity dependence of the quantum efficiency (QE) measured in short circuit. Under 3Wcm-2 of white light the QE saturates after 30 minutes. The QE decays little in the blue and strongly in the red. The higher the temperature of saturation, the smaller the decay of the QE.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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