Thin film CdTe solar cells with an absorber layer thickness in micro- and sub-micrometer scale

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Bai, Zhizhong ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Wang, Deliang ^a,b,c  

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

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

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BACK CONTACT; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; FILL FACTOR; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SUBMICROMETERS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRA-THIN;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FILM THICKNESS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 80053980949     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3644160     Document Type: Article

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