Investigation of post deposition CdCl2 treatment for fully sputtered CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1983-1987

  Treharne, R E ^a   Williams, B L ^a   Bowen, L ^b   Mendis, B G ^b   Durose, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CdTe CdS thin film solar cells; RF magnetron sputtering; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CDS LAYER; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; CDTE/CDS THIN FILMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL SEM; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION ROUTES; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; POST-DEPOSITION; RE CRYSTALLIZATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869413761     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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