CdTe photoluminescence: Comparison of solar-cell material with surface-modified single crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Corwine, C R ^a   Sites, J R ^a   Gessert, T A ^b   Metzger, W K ^b   Dippo, P ^b   Li, Jingbo ^b   Duda, A ^b   Teeter, G ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM (CBM); HALL MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE-MODIFIED SINGLE CRYSTALS; ZERO-PHONON LINE (ZPL);

CADMIUM ALLOYS; DIFFUSION; OXYGEN; PHONONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 20844438649     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1935752     Document Type: Article

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