Ordered polycrystalline thin films for high performance CdTe/CdS solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Terrazas, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Aaron ^a   Lopez, Cesar ^a   Escobedo, Arev ^a   Kuhlmann, Franz J ^a   McClure, John ^b   Zubía, David ^a  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; CdTe CdS; Epitaxy; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CDTE/CDS; INHOMOGENEITY; MATERIAL SYSTEMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 24044503077     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.04.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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