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The study of the presence and flow of electric charge. Charges, currents, fields, potentials.

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What is the relation between the short-circuit current and the band gap energy in solar cells?

For the VOC it is: VOC = E_g - something, where something is positive and depends on the Urbach energy. Otherwise it should be linear: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.49397 For the ISC I d …
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Why don’t illuminated series connected (photo-)diodes bias each other?

When you connect, let's say, three photodiodes or solar cells, with a load, and you measure the voltage across the middle photodiode. Will the voltage change if the adjacent cells are in the dark if …
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Why are we even interested in solar cells under bias voltage?

I couldn't find any answer on this super basic question. Some people on the internet say that you would not put a solar cell in an array under bias, others say that they bias themselves, but I don't u …
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Why is the diffusion length defined for minority charge carriers only?

As far as I could infer from the solar cell literature, when talk is about the "diffusion length", only the minority carriers are concerned. Is there a diffusion length defined for majority carriers? …
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