NSF research experiences for undergraduates summer projects: 1. Measuring electrical properties of polycrystalline films 2. Calibrating a spectral quantum efficiency system 3. Implementing an optical beam induced current (OBIC) system

Author

Whitacre, Jay ; McNett, Kristina ; Miller, Brett ; Bohn, Randy G. ; Compaan, Alvin D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Toledo Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

592

Lastpage

596

Abstract

Three undergraduate students participated in photovoltaics research at the University of Toledo in the summer of 1992 under the NSF-sponsored program Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Highlights of their work are presented here. Their work all involved studies of polycrystalline thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells. One project involved electrical conductivity and Hall effect measurements of doped and undoped CdS and CdTe films on glass, the second project involved improving and calibrating both a spectral quantum efficiency system and a triple spectrometer used for Raman and photoluminescence work, and the third project involved implementing an optical beam induced current (OBIC) system

Keywords

Hall effect; II-VI semiconductors; OBIC; cadmium compounds; calibration; education; electrical conductivity of crystalline semiconductors and insulators; electrical engineering; electronic engineering; photoluminescence; project engineering; reliability; semiconductor doping; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; spectrometers; CdS-CdTe; Hall effect; Raman spectroscopy; USA; calibration; doping; education; electrical conductivity; electrical properties; optical beam induced current; photoluminescence; photovoltaics research; polycrystalline films; projects; spectral quantum efficiency; thin film solar cells; triple spectrometer; undergraduate students; Conductive films; Conductivity measurement; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Glass; Hall effect; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Spectroscopy; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.347027

Filename

347027