Pathways to thin absorbers in CdTe solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2282-2285

  Hadrich M ^a   Kraft, C ^a   Loffler C ^a   Metzner, H ^a   Reislohner U ^a   Witthuhn, W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdTe; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THIN FILMS; VACUUM DEPOSITION; WET ETCHING;

ABSORBER FILMS; ABSORBER THICKNESS; BACK CONTACTS; CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CELL EFFICIENCIES; COPPER LAYERS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; ETCHING STEPS; PREFERENTIAL ETCHINGS; PROCESS STEPS; THIN ABSORBERS; WET-CHEMICAL ETCHINGS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 58949096653     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.10.105     Document Type: Article

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