Effect of different bsr in front and back contacts for Zn xCd 1-xS/CdTe solar cell

International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-355

  Hossain, M S ^a   Aliyu, M M ^a   Matin, M A ^a   Islam, M A ^a   Karim, M R ^b   Razykov, T ^a   Sopian, K ^a   Amin, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amps 1d; Buffer layer; Zn 2SnO 4; Zn xcd 1 xs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856379000     PISSN: 18230334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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