Flexible CdTe solar cells with high photovoltaic conversion efficiency

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000695-000699

  Perrenoud, J ^a   Buecheler, S ^a   Tiwari, A N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ADHESION PROBLEM; BACK CONTACT; CDS; CDS LAYER; CDTE; CDTE CELLS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE/CDS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; FLEXIBLE POLYIMIDE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH VACUUM; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; IN-LINE; LOW-TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; PENTACENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; POLYIMIDE SUBSTRATE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RESISTIVE OXIDES; RF-SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SUPERSTRATES; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE; WHOLE PROCESS; ZNO; ZNO LAYERS;

BROMINE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GLASS; GOLD DEPOSITS; METHANOL; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VACUUM EVAPORATION; ZINC OXIDE;

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EID: 77951529904     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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