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  Commonly Cited Suns-Voc Papers

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yellow square		 M. Wolf, and H. Rauschenbach, "Series Resistance Effects on Solar Cell Measurements," Advanced Energy Conversion, vol. 3, pp. 455-479, 1963. download PDF of paper (2.5 MB)
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The classic reference for using illumination-Voc curves for the analysis of solar cells.
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yellow square		 A.G. Aberle, S.R. Wenham, and M.A. Green, "A New Method for the Accurate Measurements of the Lumped Series Resistance of Solar Cells," Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 133-138, 1993.
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Describes using series resistance measurements on modern high-efficiency devices and an explanation of two-dimensional effects.
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yellow square		 R. A. Sinton, "Possibilities for Process-Control Monitoring of Electronic Material Properties During Solar Cell Manufacture," NREL 9th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Materials and Processes, Aug 1999.
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Covers the practical use of SunsVoc and lifetime testers at various stages during cell processing.
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yellow square		 R.A. Sinton, and A. Cuevas, "A Quasi-Steady-State Open-Circuit Voltage Method for Solar Cell Characterization," 16th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 2000. download PDF of paper (861 KB)
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The first major reference for the QSSVOC technique.
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yellow square		 S. Bowden, and A. Rohatgi, "Rapid and Accurate Determination of Series Resistance and Fill Factor Losses in Industrial Silicon Solar Cells," 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, pp. 1802-1806, Oct 2001.
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Comparison of the Suns-Voc method with curve fitting the double diode model.
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yellow square		 M.J. Kerr, and A. Cuevas, "Generalisation of the illumination intensity vs. open-circuit voltage characteristics of solar cells," 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, pp. 300-303, Oct 2001.
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Description of the SunsVoc measurement and correction for very high voltage devices.
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yellow square		 M.J. Kerr, A. Cuevas, and R.A. Sinton, "Generalized analysis of quasi-steady-state and transient decay open circuit voltage measurements," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 399-404, Jan 2002.
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Generalization of QSSVOC math to cover cases from Steady-state to OCVD (transient) measurements.
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yellow square		 D.H. Neuhaus, N.P. Harder, S. Oelting, et al., "Dependence of the recombination in thin-film Si solar cells grown by ion-assisted deposition on the crystallographic orientation of the substrate," Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 74, pp. 225-232, Oct. 2002.
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M.J. Kerr, and A. Cuevas, "Generalized analysis of the illumination intensity vs. open-circuit voltage of solar cells," Solar Energy, vol. 76, no. 1-4, pp. 263-267, Jan.-Mar. 2004.
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Complete mathematical description of the SunsVoc measurement and correction for very high voltage devices.
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