Cd1-xMgxTe thin films and top-cells for possible applications in tandem solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7409, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Martínez, Omar S ^a,b   Reyes Coronado, David ^a   Mathew, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CdMgTe CdS; Chloride treatments; Cu diffusion; Top cell

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BAND GAPS; CDMGTE/CDS; CDTE; CHLORIDE TREATMENTS; CO-EVAPORATIONS; CORNING GLASS; CU DIFFUSION; END-USES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; TERNARY MATERIALS;

ANNEALING; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; DIFFUSION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70449652256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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