Oxidation of CdTe thin film in air coated with and without a CdCl 2 layer

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1982-1987

  Bai, Zhizhong ^a   Wang, Deliang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdTe; heat treatment; oxidation; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING ATMOSPHERES; ANNEALING PROCESS; CDS/CDTE SOLAR CELLS; CDTE; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; COATING LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; FABRICATION PROCESS; FILM SURFACES; OXYGEN REACTION;

ANNEALING; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COATINGS; HEAT TREATMENT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 84867569840     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228107     Document Type: Article

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