12% efficient CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells deposited by low-temperature close space sublimation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Schaffner, Judith ^a   Motzko, Markus ^a   Tueschen, Alexander ^a   Swirschuk, Andreas ^a   Schimper, Hermann Josef ^a   Klein, Andreas ^a   Modes, Thomas ^b   Zywitzki, Olaf ^b   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ACTIVATION STEPS; AFM; BACK CONTACT; CDS; CDS/CDTE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; CDTE; CDTE/CDS THIN FILMS; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH VACUUM; HIGH-TEMPERATURE CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPTIMAL ANNEALING; PLANAR DEFECT; SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SUPERSTRATES; XRD;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; FLUORINE; GRAIN GROWTH; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUBLIMATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 80053462968     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3639291     Document Type: Article

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