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Quantitative Recombination and Transport Properties in Silicon from Dynamic Luminescence

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Authors:
  1. Johannes Giesecke

    1. Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Freiburg, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of Konstanz, Germany
  • Unified photovoltaic material analysis from ingot to solar cell
  • Complete theoretical understanding of harmonically modulated effective lifetime
  • Accurate access to a variety of relevant recombination and transport properties
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Preamble

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 1-6

  3. Introduction to Solar Cell Operation

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 7-24

  4. Dynamics of Charge Carriers

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 25-63

  5. Luminescence of Silicon

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 65-83

  6. Harmonically Modulated Lifetime

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 85-98

  7. Constraints of Dynamic Carrier Lifetime Techniques

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 99-125

  8. Evolution of the Experimental Setup

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 127-151

  9. Conceptual Advances: Recombination Properties

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 153-202

  10. Conceptual Advances: Transport Properties

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 203-231

  11. Summary and Outlook

    • Johannes Giesecke
    Pages 233-236

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-284
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About this book

Harmonically modulated luminescence combines the advantages of highly sensitive luminescence metrology with an immediate dynamic access to carrier lifetime in semiconductors at a minimum of required a priori information. The present work covers theoretical, conceptual, and experimental advances of the harmonically modulated luminescence technique. Theoretical constraints of dynamic carrier lifetime techniques are rigorously elaborated, including the proof of their differential nature and their characteristics at nonuniform spatial distributions of recombination rate. The pathway toward a unified, reliable, and versatile harmonically modulated carrier lifetime metrology is delineated - covering the entire solar cell production chain from bare ingots to finished solar cells. Accurate access to miscellaneous relevant recombination and transport properties via harmonically modulated luminescence is demonstrated and experimentally validated, embracing injection-dependent carrier lifetimes at extremely low injection conditions, a spatially resolved carrier lifetime calibration of luminescence images, and accurate approaches to both net dopant concentration and minority carrier mobility.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Freiburg, Germany

    Johannes Giesecke

About the author

Johannes Giesecke studied Physics in Konstanz, Lausanne, and Freiburg, where he also conducted his dissertation on both theoretical and experimental aspects of dynamic carrier lifetime measurements at the Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme. He currently holds a postdoctoral research position at Fraunhofer ISE.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quantitative Recombination and Transport Properties in Silicon from Dynamic Luminescence

  • Authors: Johannes Giesecke

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06157-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06156-6Published: 20 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36027-0Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06157-3Published: 03 June 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 284

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Semiconductors, Energy Systems, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy

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