Morphology of CdS thin films: Pinholes and their effect on open circuit voltage in CdS/CdTe solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 001700-001704

  Tashkandi, M A ^a   Sampath, W S ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOURCES; BLUE LIGHT; CDS; CDS FILMS; CDS THIN FILMS; CDS/CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION SYSTEMS; EDS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; GRAIN COALESCENCE; NATURAL SOURCES; SEM IMAGE; TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPY; VOLTAGE DROP; VOLTAGE LOSS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COALESCENCE; DUST; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84861082236     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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