Study of interdiffusion reaction at the CdS/CdTe interface

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 697-705

  Wang, Deliang ^a   Hou, Zerong ^a   Bai, Zhizhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Annealing; II VI; Semiconducting

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; ATOMIC CONCENTRATION; CDS; CDS FILMS; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HIGH RESOLUTION; II-VI; INTERDIFFUSION REACTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SCATTERING SIGNALS; SCATTERING SPECTRA; SEMICONDUCTING; XRD;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053963900     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.90     Document Type: Article

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