CdTe solar cell in a novel configuration

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Tiwari, A N ^a,b   Khrypunov, G ^a   Kurdzesau, F ^a   Batzner D L ^a   Romeo, A ^a   Zogg, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CdTe; Solar cells; Solar energy; Tandem solar cell; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ETCHING; EVAPORATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ACCELERATED TEST CONDITIONS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; HIGH VACUUM EVAPORATION METHOD; INDIUM TIN OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0842290730     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.525     Document Type: Article

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