Physics of CdTe photovoltaics: From front to back

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 865, Issue , 2005, Pages 307-318

  Karpov, V G ^a   Shvydka, Diana ^a   Roussillon, Yann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; THIN FILMS;

LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; SURFACE-VOLUME RATIO; THIN FILM STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; NON-UNIFORMITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 30544439013     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-865-f10.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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