Correlations between CdTe/CdS/SnO2/glass solar cell performance and the interface/surface properties

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2151-2153

  Feng, Z C ^a,c   Chou, H C ^a   Rohatgi, A ^a   Lim, G K ^b   Wee, A T S ^b   Tan, K L ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c EMCORE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PERFORMANCE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIN COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; INTERFACE STATES; LATTICE MISMATCH; OPTICAL LOSS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES; TIN DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030086595     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361041     Document Type: Article

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