Stabilization of hexagonal phase in spray-deposited CdTe films by the presence of electric field

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1507-1509

  Ison, V V ^a,b   Ranga Rao, A ^a,c   Dutta, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

^c Advanced Technology Group   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Crystal structure; Electric field; Hexagonal phase; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AFM IMAGE; BAND GAPS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CDTE; CUBIC PHASE; DC VOLTAGE; HEXAGONAL PHASE; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; ROD-SHAPED PARTICLES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY-DEPOSITED;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; STABILIZATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 67649598025     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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