Fabrication of Cd1-xZnxS films with controllable zinc doping using a vapor zinc chloride treatment

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2113-2118

  Xia, Wei ^a   Welt, Jonathan A ^a   Lin, Hao ^a   Wu, Hsiang N ^a   Ho, Meng H ^a,b   Tang, Ching W ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cd1 xZnxS; CdS; CdTe solar cells; Vapor zinc chloride treatment

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BAND GAP ENERGY; BLUE SHIFT; CD1-XZNXS; CDS; CDS FILMS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; WINDOW LAYER; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC DOPING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC;

EID: 77957683815     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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