Effect of chemical treatment on the optical properties of a cadmium telluride photovoltaic device investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0210091-0210097

  Kohli, Sandeep ^a   Manivannan, Venkatesan ^a   Hilfiker, James N ^b   McCurdy, Patrick R ^c   Enzenroth, Robert A ^b   Barth, Kurt L ^a   Smith, Westcott P ^a   Luebs, Richard ^b   Sampath, Walajabad S ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CDS/CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; COPPER TREATMENT; CRITICAL POINTS; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

COPPER;

EID: 77955178868     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3097282     Document Type: Article

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