Investigation of potential and electric field profiles in cross sections of CdTe/CdS solar cells using scanning Kelvin probe microscopy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Moutinho, H R ^a   Dhere, R G ^a   Jiang, C S ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^a   Albin, D S ^a   Al Jassim, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS LAYER; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; CROSS SECTION; DEPLETION REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD PROFILES; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; FIRST DERIVATIVE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INTER-DIFFUSION; INTERDIFFUSION LAYER; P-N JUNCTION; POISSON'S EQUATION; REVERSE BIAS; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE MICROSCOPY; SMALL VARIATIONS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; POISSON EQUATION; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77958183910     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3463386     Document Type: Article

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