A numerical study on the prospects of high efficiency ultra thin ZnxCd1-xS/CdTe solar cell

Chalcogenide Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-272

  Hossain, Md Sharafat ^a   Amin, Nowshad ^a,b   Matin, M A ^a   Mannir Aliyu, M M ^a   Razykov, Takhir ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

AMPS 1D; CdTe thin film solar cells; Stability; Ultra thin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955394646     PISSN: 15848663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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