Chemically deposited CdS by an ammonia-free process for solar cells window layers

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-214

  Ochoa Landin R ^a,b   Sastre Hernandez J ^c   Vigil Galan, O ^c   Ramirez Bon R ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ammonia free; Chemical synthesis; Solar cells; Window layer

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; CDS; CDS FILMS; CDS/CDTE; CDS/CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CLOSE-SPACED VAPOR TRANSPORTS; COMPLEXING AGENTS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; SODIUM CITRATE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; WINDOW LAYER;

AMMONIA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FLUORINE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WINDOWS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR POWER; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 73749084426     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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