Chemical and electronic properties of CdTe/Sb2Te 3/metal contacts for CdTe thin film solar cells studied by photoelectron spectroscopy

Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

Volumn A, Issue , 2003, Pages 450-453

  Kraft, Daniel ^a   Späth, Bettina ^a   Thißen, Andreas ^a   Klein, Andreas ^a   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ANTIMONY ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 6344231669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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