The roles of Cu impurity states in CdTe thin film solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1915-1918

  Chin, Ken K ^a   Gessert, T A ^b   Wei, Su Huai ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; CD VACANCY; CDS; CDTE; CU DIFFUSION; CU IMPURITY; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; IV CHARACTERIZATION; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; LOW LEVEL; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; P-TYPE; PUZZLING EFFECT; SELF COMPENSATION; SHALLOW DONORS; SHUNT RESISTANCES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER LIFETIME; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COPPER;

EID: 78650155248     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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