Resumen
The functioning of the solar cells (and photoelectric phenomena in general) relies on the photo-generation of carriers in p-n junctions and their subsequent recombination in thequasi-neutral regions. A number of basic issues concerning the physics of the operation of solar cells still remain obscure. This paper reports on some unsolved basic problems, namely: a model of the recombination processes that does not contradict Maxwell’s equations; boundary conditions; the role played by space charges in the transport phenomena, and the formation of quasi-neutral regions under the presence of nonequilibrium photo-generated carriers. In this work, a new formulation of the theory that explains the underlying physical phenomena involved in the generation of aphoto-e.m.f. is presented.
Título traducido de la contribución | New perspectives for photoelectric phenomena |
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Idioma original | Inglés |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 342-351 |
Número de páginas | 10 |
Publicación | Lithuanian Journal of Physics |
Volumen | 55 |
N.º | 4 |
Estado | Publicada - 2015 |