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Transient preconditioning in CIGS solar cells and modules

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posted on 2017-02-17, 13:29 authored by Alex Eeles, Ralph Gottschalg, Tom BettsTom Betts
Transient preconditioning refers to a light induced performance change in CIGS which occurs and relaxes on a millisecond to seconds timescale. This effect appears to be distinct from the better known and more persistent preconditioning which typically takes several hours or days to relax. In this paper some properties of this phenomenon are explored including the variation of if the effect with voltage and temperature. The consequences for repeatable and accurate device measurement are explored. In particular the transient rise in photocurrent during measurements using a pulsed simulator can be successfully eradicated using voltage preconditioning when there is no gap between the preconditioning voltage being applied and the start of the illumination pulse.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC)

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EELES, A., GOTTSCHALG, R. and BETTS, T.R., 2014. Transient preconditioning in CIGS solar cells and modules. Presented at the 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC), Amsterdam, 22-26th. September, pp. 3240-3243.

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© WIP Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs KG

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2014

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This paper is reproduced with kind permission of the publisher. The published version can be found here: http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-5CV.2.9

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3936338345

Language

  • en

Location

Amsterdam

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