A study towards the possibility of ultra thin Cds/CdTe high efficiency solar cells from numerical analysis

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 571-580

  Matin, M A ^a   Amin, Nowshad ^a,b   Zaharim, Azami ^b   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AMPS 1D; Cds; CdTe; High efficiency; Thin film solar photovoltaics; Zinc oxide; Zinc stannate

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION; ZINC;

EID: 77958010174     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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