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Optoelectronic images of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells based on CuInSe2 and CuInGaSe2 obtained by laser scanning

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The laser scanning technique was used to obtain two-and three-dimensional optoelectronic images of polycrystalline solar cells based on thin films of CuInSe2 and CuInGaSe2. Topograms obtained with the aid of the laser-beam-induced current reveal microregions with reduced photovoltaic efficiency and provide a detailed picture of the distribution of hidden inhomogeneities over the entire active surface of the solar cell. Gradation of the microdefects with intensity and size was achieved by post-experimental graphic and false-color processing of the obtained three-dimensional images.

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  1. A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    G. A. Medvedkin

  2. Angström Solar Center, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 534, SE-75121, Uppsala, Sweden

    L. Stolt & J. Wennerberg

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Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 33, 1137–1140 (September 1999)

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Medvedkin, G.A., Stolt, L. & Wennerberg, J. Optoelectronic images of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells based on CuInSe2 and CuInGaSe2 obtained by laser scanning. Semiconductors 33, 1037–1039 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1187835

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