Electrical contacts for II-VI semiconducting devices

Microelectronic Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2187-2206

  Ghosh, Biswajit ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CdTe CdS thin film solar cells; Defect induced contact formation; Ohmic contact; Workfunction engineering

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDTE; CDTE-CDS THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTACT CHARACTERISTICS; CONTACTING TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; HIGH RESISTIVITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR; IN-BETWEEN; SEMICONDUCTING LAYER; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; WORKFUNCTION ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC CONTACTORS; ELECTRON AFFINITY; GOLD; OHMIC CONTACTS; PALLADIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; WORK FUNCTION;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 69549090042     PISSN: 01679317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2009.03.040     Document Type: Article

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