Transient ion drift measurements of polycrystalline CdTe PV devices

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 449-452

  Enzenroth, R A ^a   Barth, K L ^a   Sampath, W S ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; COPPER; DIFFUSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

TRANSIENT ION DRIFT (TID) METHOD; TRANSIENT ION DRIFT MEASUREMENTS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 41749110904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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