CdTe thin film growth model under CSS conditions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-18

  Cruz Campa, Jose Luis ^a   Zubia, David ^a  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe solar cells; Close spaced sublimation (CSS); Mass transport; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBLIMATION; THICK FILMS;

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CLOSE-SPACED SUBLIMATION (CSS); DATA SETS; FITTING PARAMETERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LIMITING CASES; MASS TRANSPORT; MODELING; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 55949118138     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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