Cd 2+ N H 3 treatment-induced formation of a CdSe surface layer on CuGa Se 2 thin-film solar cell absorbers

Applied Physics Letters

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

  Bar M ^a   Lehmann, S ^a   Rusu, M ^a   Grimm, A ^a   Kotschau I ^a   Lauermann, I ^a   Pistor, P ^a   Sokoll, S ^a   Schedel Niedrig, Th ^a   Lux Steiner, M Ch ^a   Fischer, Ch H ^a,d   Weinhardt, L ^b   Heske, C ^c   Jung, Ch ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE SURFACE LAYERS; CUGASE2 THIN-FILMS; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; SURFACE OXIDATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTES; MONOLAYERS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; PYRITES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 20844454695     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1942638     Document Type: Article

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