Evaporated Te on CdTe: A vacuum-compatible approach to making back contact to CdTe solar cell devices

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-229

  Niles, David W ^a   Li, Xiaonan ^a   Albin, David ^a   Rose, Doug ^a   Gessert, Timothy ^a   Sheldon, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE SOLAR CELL DEVICES; EVAPORATED TELLURIUM BACK CONTACTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030146105     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199605/06)4:3<225::AID-PIP122>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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