High-efficiency polycrystalline CdS/CdTe solar cells on buffered commercial TCO-coated glass

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2833-2837

  Colegrove, E ^a,b   Banai, R ^a   Blissett, C ^a   Buurma, C ^a   Ellsworth, J ^a   Morley, M ^a   Barnes, S ^a   Gilmore, C ^a   Bergeson, J D ^a   Dhere, R ^c   Scott, M ^c   Gessert, T ^c   Sivananthan, Siva ^a,b  

^a EPIR TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; CdS; CdTe; Commercial; Polycrystalline; Solar; TCO

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDTE; COMMERCIAL; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SOLAR; TCO;

BUFFER LAYERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SHOTCRETING;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84868549372     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-012-2100-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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