CdS thin film post-annealing and Te-S interdiffusion in a CdTe/CdS solar cell

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1023-1028

  Mathew, Xavier ^a   Cruz, Jose S ^b   Coronado, David R ^a   Millán, Aduljay R ^a   Segura, Gildardo C ^a   Morales, Erik R ^a,c   Martínez, Omar S ^a,c   Garcia, Christian C ^a   Landa, Eduardo P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CdS annealing; CdTe CdS; CSS; Quantum efficiency; Vapor chloride treatments

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS FILMS; CDS THIN FILMS; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; CHEMICAL BATH; CSS; INTERFACE PROPERTY; JUNCTION PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; POST ANNEALING; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; SMALL AREA;

ANNEALING; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANNEALING; DIFFUSION; FILM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OXYGEN; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84858152800     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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