Electrical, optical and structural properties of vacuum evaporated cdTe thin films

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 427-434

  Ikhmayies, Shadia J ^a   Ahmad Bitar, Riyad N ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

CdTe; CdTe CdS heterojunctions; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; CDTE; CDTE/CDS HETEROJUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL , OPTICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; ZINC BLEND STRUCTURE; CDTE/CDS HETEROJUNCTION;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION; ZINC; ZINC DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; VACUUM EVAPORATION; MINERALS;

EID: 67449136106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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