CdS/CdTe solar cell using sputtering technique

Renewable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 386-389

  Soliman, Moataz M ^c   Shabana, Mahmoud M ^a   Abulfotuh, Fuad ^b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Crystal structure; Heterojunction; II VI compounds; Lifetime; Slar cell; Spectral response; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT TREATMENT; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE FILMS; CARRIER LIFETIME;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0042537668     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88883-5     Document Type: Article

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