Title :
The effects of illumination on the depletion-region recombination currents in Schottky-barrier solar cells
Author :
Panayotatos, P. ; Card, H.C. ; Yang, E.S.
Author_Institution :
Columbia University, New York, NY
Abstract :
The danger of using dark currents in a calculation of the Schottky-barrier solar cell characteristics is demonstrated experimentally. Recombination in the depletion region provides an illumination-dependent contribution which detracts from the collected minority carrier current in Au-n Si (single crystal) cells.
Keywords :
Charge carrier processes; Computer science; Current density; Current-voltage characteristics; Dark current; Lamps; Lighting; Photovoltaic cells; Tungsten; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1977.10677
