Comprehensive photoluminescence study of chlorine activated polycrystalline cadmium telluride layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kraft, C ^a   Metzner, H ^a   Hadrich M ^a   Reislohner U ^a   Schley, P ^b   Gobsch, G ^b   Goldhahn, R ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; BROAD BANDS; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; DEEP LEVEL; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PL SPECTRA; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; THERMAL TREATMENT; TRANSITION BANDS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHLORINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650920116     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3517436     Document Type: Article

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