The effect of MoO x inter-layer on thin film CdTe/CdS solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-89

  Irfan, Irfan ^a   Lin, Hao ^b   Xia, Wei ^b   Wu, Hsiang N ^b   Tang, Ching W ^a,b   Gao, Yongli ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdTe CdS solar cell; Low resistance back contact; MoO x inter layer; Ni CdTe interface; Photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; CDS/CDTE; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; INTERFACE FORMATION; LEVEL STRUCTURE; LOW-RESISTANCE CONTACTS; MOO X INTER-LAYER; TELLURIUM OXIDE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CORE LEVELS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TELLURIUM; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84862330048     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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