Photoemission studies on undoped SnO 2 buffer layers for CdTe thin film solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 149-154

  Fuchs, A ^a   Schimper, H J ^a   Klein, A ^a   Jaegermann, W ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; CdTe solar cells; FTO; HRT layer; RF magnetron sputtering; SnO 2; TCO; Tin dioxide; XPS

Indexed keywords

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; FTO; HRT LAYER; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SNO 2; TCO;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; FILM PREPARATION; FLUORINE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84855646713     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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