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A method for imaging the emitter saturation current with lateral resolution

Müller et al., 2012

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4162758862690304172
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Müller M
Altermatt P
Schlegel K
Fischer G
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IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

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A method is developed to measure the emitter saturation current density J 0e with lateral resolution. The method uses photoluminescence lifetime imaging at several different injection densities to evaluate the injection-dependent effective excess carrier lifetime, from …
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