Download or read book Theory And Methods Of Photovoltaic Material Characterization: Optical And Electrical Measurement Techniques written by Richard K Ahrenkiel and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an extensive review of the theory of transport and recombination properties in semiconductors. The emphasis is placed on electrical and optical techniques. There is a presentation of the latest experimental and theoretical techniques used to analyze minority-carrier lifetime. The relevant hardware and instrumentation are described. The newest techniques of lifetime mapping are presented. The issues are discussed relating to effects that mask carrier lifetime in certain device structures. The discrepancy between photoconductive and photoluminescence measurement results are analyzed.