Homo-epitaxial growth of n-GaN layers free from carbon-induced mobility collapse and off-angle-dependent do** variation by quartz-free hydride vapor phase …

H Fujikura, T Konno, T Kimura, Y Narita… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Certain undesired phenomena are observed in n-GaN layers grown by metal–organic
chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) due to the unavoidable C-induced carrier …

Impact of solar irradiance intensity and temperature on the performance of compensated crystalline silicon solar cells

C **ao, X Yu, D Yang, D Que - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2014 - Elsevier
Low-cost upgraded metallurgical grade silicon (UMG-Si) with inherent boron (B) and
phosphorus (P) compensation is a novel material for photovoltaic application. This paper …

PC1Dmod 6.2–Improved simulation of c-Si devices with updates on device physics and user interface

H Haug, J Greulich - Energy Procedia, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a new update to PC1Dmod, which extends the original PC1D
program by implementing Fermi-Dirac statistics and a range of state-of-the-art models in …

UMG silicon for solar PV: From defects detection to PV module degradation

E Forniés, C Del Cañizo, L Méndez, A Souto… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Upgraded metallurgical grade silicon (UMG-Si) for photovoltaic (PV) solar applications has
been manufactured through the metallurgical route by means of the process developed by …

Towards a unified low-field model for carrier mobilities in crystalline silicon

F Schindler, M Forster, J Broisch, J Schön… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
The electrical properties of crystalline silicon crucially depend on the mobility of minority and
majority charge carriers. As parameters like the conductivity and the diffusion length are …

Determination of bulk lifetime and surface recombination velocity of silicon ingots from dynamic photoluminescence

JA Giesecke, RA Sinton, MC Schubert… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper elaborates upon the theory of self-consistent minority carrier bulk lifetime
measurements of silicon ingots via time-modulated photoluminescence and presents an …

Impact of compensation on the boron and oxygen-related degradation of upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon solar cells

M Forster, P Wagner, J Degoulange, R Einhaus… - Solar energy materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the impact of dopant compensation on the degradation of carrier
lifetime and solar cells performance due to the boron–oxygen defect. The boron–oxygen …

Accurate determination of minority carrier mobility in silicon from quasi-steady-state photoluminescence

JA Giesecke, F Schindler, M Bühler… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Minority carrier mobility is a crucial transport property affecting the performance of
semiconductor devices such as solar cells. Compensation of dopant species and novel …

Temperature coefficients and crystal defects in multicrystalline silicon solar cells

ST Kristensen - 2020 - uia.brage.unit.no
The conversion efficiency of a photovoltaic device is strongly dependent on the operating
temperature. For most devices, the efficiency, and hence the power production, decreases …

Operation of silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors with different structures at deep cryogenic temperature

G Yu, R Liang, X Wang, J Xu, TL Ren - Science Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the device performances of discrete and integrated SiGe heterojunction bipolar
transistors (HBTs) with different device structures from 300 to 4.8 K were investigated. The …