Title :
Full Spectrum Photoluminescence Lifetime Analyses on Silicon Bricks
Author :
Mitchell, Bernhard ; Juhl, Mattias Klaus ; Green, Martin A. ; Trupke, T.
Author_Institution :
Australian Centre for Adv. Photovoltaics, Univ. of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Bulk lifetime and doping images on silicon bricks can be obtained by spectral luminescence intensity ratio analysis as established recently. Here, we report on calibrated full spectrum band-to-band luminescence measurements taken on the flat side faces of mono- and multicrystalline silicon bricks at room temperature. Our results verify the physical modeling used for the spectral intensity ratio imaging. We further investigate three fitting methods employing spectrally resolved photoluminescence data to obtain bulk lifetime information.
Keywords :
carrier lifetime; elemental semiconductors; photoluminescence; silicon; Si; bulk lifetime; doping; fitting methods; full spectrum band-to-band luminescence; photoluminescence lifetime; silicon bricks; spectral luminescence intensity ratio imaging; spectrally resolved photoluminescence; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Bricks; carrier lifetime; imaging; ingot; photoluminescence; silicon; spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2259894