Prospects of back surface field effect in ultra-thin high-efficiency CdS/CdTe solar cells from numerical modeling

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Amin, Nowshad ^a,b   Matin, M A ^a,c   Aliyu, M M ^a   Alghoul, M A ^a   Karim, M R ^b   Sopian, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BACKSURFACE FIELD; BANDGAP MATERIALS; CDS/CDTE; CDTE CELLS; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; FIELD-EFFECT; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; ULTRA-THIN;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 79953290568     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1110662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/578580     Document Type: Article

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