Photochemical "self-healing" pyrrole based treatment of CdS/CdTe photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1716-1719

  Koll, Dominik K ^a   Taha, Ahmad H ^a   Giolando, Dean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Au contact; CdTe; Photochemical treatment; Photovoltaic; Te coating; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AU CONTACT; CDTE; PHOTOCHEMICAL TREATMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TE COATING; UNIFORMITY;

ANILINE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; COATINGS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GOLD DEPOSITS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79955470785     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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