Effects of CdCl 2 heat treatment on the morphological and chemical properties of CdTe/CdS thin films solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 6142-6147

  Abuel Rub, Khaled M ^a,b   Hahn, S R ^a   Tari, S ^a   Dissanayake, M A K L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Annealing; CBD; CdTe CdS ITO glass structures; Morphology; SEM; XPS

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CDTE/CDS THIN FILMS; CDTE/CDS/ITO/GLASS STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL CHANGE; FREE SURFACES; I-V MEASUREMENTS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SOLUTION TREATMENTS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84859585565     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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