Abstract
Acoustic detection of thermal waves emanating from a photovoltaic cell are employed to quantitatively distinguish between two power dissipation mechanisms, namely, space-charge thermalization of photogenerated carriers and recombination of injected carriers in the base region. The method can aid in quantitative calorimetric investigations of power-loss mechanisms in photovoltaic devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 457-458 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |