Thickness dependence study of inorganic CdTe/CdSe solar cells fabricated from colloidal nanoparticle solutions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ju, Tong ^a   Yang, Lily ^a   Carter, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE LAYERS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SELENIDES; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FILM THICKNESS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77952992912     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3380589     Document Type: Article

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