A study of impurities in some CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cells prepared by wet-chemical methods using secondary ion mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2879-2884

  Boyle, David S ^a   Hearne, Sean ^b   Johnson, Daniel R ^c   O'Brien, Paul ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Unit 12 Brooklands Close   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHLORINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; OXYGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFIDE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032743504     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a904661e     Document Type: Article

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