Polycrystalline thin film solar cells: Present status and future potential

Annual Review of Materials Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 625-653

  Birkmire, Robert W ^a   Eser, Erten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Copper indium diselenide; Energy conversion; Manufacturing; Module; Photovoltaic device; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER INDIUM DISELENIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030659887     PISSN: 00846600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.27.1.625     Document Type: Article

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