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Photoluminescence assessment of materials for solar cell absorbers
SIEBENTRITT, Susanne; Rau, Uwe; GHARABEIKI, Sevan et al.
2022In Faraday Discussions
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Abstract :
[en] Absolute photoluminescence measurements present a tool to predict the quality of photovoltaic absorber materials before finishing the solar cells. Quasi Fermi level splitting predicts the maximal open circuit voltage. However, various methods to extract quasi Fermi level splitting are plagued by systematic errors in the range of 10–20 meV. It is important to differentiate between the radiative loss and the shift of the emission maximum. They are not the same and when using the emission maximum as the “radiative” band gap to extract the quasi Fermi level splitting from the radiative efficiency, the quasi Fermi level splitting is 10 to 40 meV too low for a typical broadening of the emission spectrum. However, radiative efficiency presents an ideal tool to compare different materials without determining the quasi Fermi level splitting. For comparison with the open circuit voltage, a fit of the high energy slope to generalised Planck’s law gives more reliable results if the fitted temperature, i.e. the slope of the high energy part, is close to the actual measurement temperature. Generalised Planck’s law also allows the extraction of a non-absolute absorptance spectrum, which enables a comparison between the emission maximum energy and the absorption edge. We discuss the errors and the indications when they are negligible and when not.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
SIEBENTRITT, Susanne ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
Rau, Uwe;  IEK5-Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
GHARABEIKI, Sevan ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
WEISS, Thomas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
PROT, Aubin Jean-Claude Mireille  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
WANG, Taowen  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
ADELEYE, Damilola ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
DRAHEM, Marwan Mohamed Mostafa ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
SINGH, Ajay ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Photoluminescence assessment of materials for solar cell absorbers
Publication date :
09 June 2022
Journal title :
Faraday Discussions
ISSN :
1359-6640
eISSN :
1364-5498
Publisher :
Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Physics and Materials Science
FnR Project :
FNR14735144 - How Tail States In The Absorber Influence And Limit Solar Cell Efficiency, 2020 (01/09/2021-31/08/2024) - Susanne Siebentritt
Name of the research project :
TAILS, PACE, MASSENA, SUNSPOT
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche
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