Impact of cadmium-rich back surfaces on cadmium chloride treatment and device performance in close space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003537-003541

  Major, J D ^a,b   Proskuryakov, Y Y ^a,b   Durose, K ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ETCH; ACTIVATION STEPS; AS-GROWN; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE/CDS; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DEVICE PROCESSING; ETCHING STEP; PRE-ETCHING; SODA LIME GLASS; ZNO BUFFER LAYER;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETCHING; NITRIC ACID; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBLIMATION; ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84861052811     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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