CdTe thin film technology: Leading thin film PV into the future

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Birkmire, Robert W ^a   McCandless, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CdTe; Solar cells; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CDTE; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS; MODULE PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 78049260457     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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