Long-term Transient and Metastable Effects in Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 615-628

  Del Cueto, J A ^a   Von Roedern, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe solar cells; Photovoltaics; Stability; Thin film photovoltaics; Transients

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY; TRANSIENTS;

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; FILL FACTORS (FF); PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 33750459409     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.687     Document Type: Article

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