Which consequence results when rapid cooling fractures crystalline silicon during photovoltaic cell manufacturing?

💡 Explanation

Increased Auger recombination losses occur because fractured silicon introduces many surface defects; these act as recombination centers, shortening carrier lifetimes via Shockley-Read-Hall recombination and Auger recombination; therefore, solar cell efficiency decreases rather than increases when crystallization is flawed.

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