Polycrystalline CdTe solar cells on buffered commercial TCO-coated glass with efficiencies above 15%

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003410-003414

  Banai, R ^a   Blissett, C ^a   Buurma, C ^a   Colegrove, E ^a   Bechmann, P ^a   Ellsworth, J ^a   Morley, M ^a   Barnes, S ^a   Lennon, C ^a   Gilmore, C ^a   Dhere, R ^b   Bergeson, J ^b   Scott, M ^b   Gessert, T ^b  

^a EPIR TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDTE DEVICES; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CONDUCTIVE GLASS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; WINDOW LAYER;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; FILM THICKNESS; GLASS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84861017890     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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