Simulation of cadmium telluride solar cells structure

Proceeding, 2010 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development - Engineering: Innovation and Beyond, SCOReD 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 392-396

  Fauzi, I F ^a   Mohamad Shahimin, M ^a   Mazalan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Efficiency; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; CELL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVE; DIFFUSION COMPONENTS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER LIFETIME; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INNOVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 79951987276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCORED.2010.5704029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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