Photoluminescence study of polycrystalline photovoltaic CdS thin film layers grown by close-spaced sublimation and chemical bath deposition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Abken, Anke E ^a,b,c   Halliday, D P ^b   Durose, Ken ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FIRST SOLAR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AS-GROWN; CDS; CDS FILMS; CDS LAYERS; CDS THIN FILMS; CDTE/CDS THIN FILMS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITIONS; CLOSE-SPACED SUBLIMATIONS; CRYSTALLINITY; DEEP DONORS; DEVICE PROCESSING; DONOR-ACCEPTOR PAIRS; GREEN LUMINESCENCES; LOCAL VIBRATIONAL MODES; LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL PHONONS; LUMINESCENCE BANDS; PHONON REPLICAS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PL BANDS; PL SPECTRUM; POLY-CRYSTALLINE; POST-DEPOSITION TREATMENTS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; RED LUMINESCENCES; SURFACE STATE; TEMPERATURE RANGES; YELLOW BANDS;

ANNEALING; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 63749095238     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3074504     Document Type: Article

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