The performance of thin film solar cells employing photovoltaic ZnSe/CdTe, CdS/CdTe and ZnTe/CdTe heterojunctions

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 001365-001370

  Potlog, T ^a   Spalatu, N ^a   Fedorov, V ^a   Maticiuc, N ^a   Antoniuc, C ^a   Botnariuc, V ^a   Hiie, J ^b   Raadik, T ^b   Valdna, V ^b  

^a MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-ANNEALING; BACK CONTACT; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; IDEALITY FACTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SATURATION CURRENT; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SUPERSTRATES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; WIDE GAP;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84861047481     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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