RT info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart T1 Defect characterization of UMG mc-Si solar cells using LBIC and luminescence imaging techniques A1 Sánchez, L.A. A1 Moretón Fernández, Ángel A1 Guada, Miguel A1 Rodríguez Conde, Sofía A1 Martínez Sacristán, Óscar A1 Jiménez López, Juan Ignacio AB Upgraded metallurgical-grade silicon (UMG Si) solar cells with different ranges of efficiencies were characterized through electroluminescence imaging (ELi) and light-beam induced current (LBIC) measurements. The results showed a good correlation between the EL intensity and the efficiency of the solar cells. ELi images gave a bright contrast at the defects, grain boundaries and intragrain defects, and dark contrast inside the grain bodies. Metallic impurities are much more present in some cells due to the directional solidification of the Si ingot. Local short-circuit current mapping with LBIC measurements revealed a bright zone in the neighborhoods of the defects due to the depletion of impurities. Internal quantum efficiencies (IQE) and effective diffusion lengths (Leff) were calculated using different excitation wavelengths. High resolution LBIC measurements revealed micrometric clusters of impurities around intragrain defects PB Materials Research Society YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31333 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31333 LA eng NO MRS Advances, 2018, Volume 3, Issue 57-58 (Electronic and Photonic Materials), pp. 3359-3365 DS UVaDOC RD 27-dic-2024