Degradation and capacitance-voltage hysteresis in CdTe devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7412, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Albin, D S ^a   Dherea, R G ^a   Glynna, S C ^a   Del Cuetoa, J A ^a   Metzgera, W K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance voltage hysteresis; CdTe solar cell; Degradation; DLTS; Reliability; Transient ion drift

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFETIME TESTING; BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; C-V HYSTERESIS; CADMIUM STANNATE; CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE HYSTERESIS; CDS/CDTE; CDTE CELLS; CDTE DEVICES; CDTE SOLAR CELL; CONDUCTING LAYERS; DLTS; DRIFT MODEL; HIGHER PERFORMANCE DEVICES; MAJORITY CARRIERS; PERFORMANCE UNIFORMITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS; STRAIN EFFECT; STRESS TESTING; SUN ILLUMINATION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; ZINC STANNATE;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; DEGRADATION; HYSTERESIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RELIABILITY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 77956438208     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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