Cu and CdCl 2 influence on defects detected in CdTe solar cells with admittance spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Seymour, Fred H ^a   Kaydanov, Victor ^a   Ohno, Tim R ^a   Albin, David ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; TRAP LEVELS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 28344455161     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2099515     Document Type: Article

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